MASPERO, G[ASTON] — Histoire Ancienne Des Peuples de L'Orient
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1886. Fourth Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Bound in half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, blind-stamped borders on covers, all edges red, olive endpapers. Illustrated with 175 in-text engravings, three fold-out full-color maps (at rear), and several specimens of hieroglyphic and cuneiform writing. Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (1846 – 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper, and as presented in this book. Spine and edges mildly rubbed, text block unmarked, tight, square, and clean. All three of the maps are bound in at the rear. VERY GOOD. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 811, (3-maps), (1) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
