The fragments of the hieratic papyrus of Turin: . containing the names of Egyptian kings, with the hieratic inscription at the back. By Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, ...
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Books
Date
1851
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3163723
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,60 p.and Atlas : ill., facsim.; 8vo. and obl. fol. Bound in 2v. Atlas plates have manuscript annotations. Includes also leaves of facsimiles from 'Die Turiner Koenigs Annalen, publicirt von R. Lepsius' (Berlin, 1842), annotated and with extra tracings by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. Manuscript on first leaf, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson: 'This is a copy of the inscriptions on the various fragments of the papyrus of the Egyptian kings at Turin. Those only face, or front, are taken from the tracing made & published by Dr Lepsius, those on ye back which had not been given by him, were made by me in order to supply that omission ...' Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)] in atlas volume; no bookplate in text volume. Binding: text volume: publisher’s printed paper wrappers; as issued. Atlas vol: Nineteenth-century half plum leather, dark-green cloth sides. Plum leather label on front board, with title in gilt: 'Turin papyrus of kings'. This title also vertically on spine.
Makers and roles
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)