Black scarab beetle design on front cover. " ... printed and bound by hand at The Press of the Grim Reaper, Zachary Kent, Proprietor ... one hundred numbered copies bound in cloth and twenty-six lettered copies bound in Nigerian goatskin ... Vernal Equinox 1993"--Colophon. "The twenty-eight page text is an anthologyof descriptions from the adventurers and scholars who despoiled and inhabited the tombs of the kings of Egypt at the turn of the century." --Publisher's prospectus. IaU Bradbury lists this publication under Erespin Press (Carol Kent, propeitor of Erespin Press, is the mother of Zachary Kent.) Library has regular and deluxe edition along with folded prospectus. Regular edition is bound in white cloth with black scarab beetle in black foil inlay; copy number 30. Deluxe edition is bound in Nigerian goatskin; lettered copy "K,". Both copies have end papers with Egyptian hieroglyphs printed in beige ink, and are signed by the printer. Prospectus is a folded sheet measuring 10 cm with same hieroglyphic print. All items are contained in handmade case (measuring 14 x 9 x 2 cm) IaU
Contents:
Excerpts from the following works: Remarks on several parts of Turkey / William Hamilton -- Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia / Giovanni Battista Belzoni -- Visit to the great oasis of the Libyan desert / George A. Hoskins -- Thebes / Dean Stanley -- The tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou / Theodore M. Davis -- The treasury of ancient Egypt / Arthur Weigall.
Indexed by:
R.C. Bradbury 20th century U.S. miniature books pg 76 no 14.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)40689373
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.