Bennett Henry Gray (4 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A VG or better original release 11 x 14 lobby card. Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A VG or better original release 11 x 14 lobby card. Book.

Bennett, Henry Grey. Account of the ancient rolls of papyrus, discovered at Herculaneum, and the method employed to unroll them . . . In Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 15 (1806): 114-117; plate. Whole volume. 271 x 215 mm. Quarter calf gilt, marbled boards in period style. Light toning, some offsetting from plates but very good. First Edition. In the present communication, contained in a letter to Samuel Henley dated 23 November 1802, Bennett described a machine designed by the Rev. John Hayter for the purpose of unrolling the charred papyrus rolls discovered at Herculaneum in order to read their content. "Found in Naples when the city became an English protectorate, the rolls came to the attention of the Prince of Wales who, during the six years of English rule that followed, spearheaded an effort to unroll and transcribe them. He selected the Reverend John Hayter, future chaplain to George IV, to oversee the project" (Buchwald & Josefowicz). Hayter claimed to have opened 200 of the carbonized scrolls, but only managed half that number before being dismissed from the project. Buchwald, Jed, and Diane Josefowicz, "The Herculaneum Papyri," Popular Archeology, 14 July 2020 (web). .

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1881 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 1099 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 1099.