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COLLECTION OF PAPYRI, EGYPTIAN-GREEK-COPTIC-ARABIC, SHOWING THE DEVEL OPMENT OF HANDWRITING MAINLY FROM THE SECOND CENTURY B.C. TO THE EIGHTH CENTURY A.D.
105.

- New York : H.P. Kraus n.d. - 4to. - stiff paper wrappers. - (x), 91 pages. - Order Nr. 45630 - Price: $ 75.00

Catalogue 105 issued by this company. A catalogue raisonné of 140 lots, including literary as well as documentary papyri. Many types of handwriting are illustrated, such as Demotic script, cursive Greek script, Greek-Coptic uncial characters, and magical writing, making this an interesting catalogue for the student of paleography. With 52 halftone illustrations, 17 of them full-page, including 2 folding plates. Introduction by Theodore C. Petersen. Remnant of bookplate on inside front cover.

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NOTES ON BOOK BINDING by Gerring, Charles S-K 5213. First edition, one of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Endpapers foxed.