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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Scarce (Propyläen Kunstgeschichte, 17). Grey linen covered boards with lettering on the cover and the spine. This important standard reference work, with contributions from numerous scholars, is 458 pages in length, with many text figures, 440 black-and-white plates, and 60 color plates. This gorgeous publication is a welcome addition to the library of all serious students of ancient Egypt. Our copy is in fine+ condition. Photographs are available upon request. "Description of architecture, sculptures in the round, flat art, pictorial ostraca, ceramics, decorative arts, funerary furnishings , jewelry, and the art of the wealthy. Both professional and amateur enthusiasts of pharaonic culture will find much to enjoy here. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Contributions by the editor, Claude Vandersleyen, Hartwig Altenmüller, Dieter Arnold, Jan Assman, Emma Brunner-Traut, Francois Daumas, Arne Eggebrecht, Erika Feucht, Henry George Fischer, Gerhard Haeny, Barry J. Kemp, Jean-Philippe Lauer, Matthias Seidel, Wilfried Seipl, Steffen Wenig and Dietrich Wildung".…