Ar.4.16
The tomb of Nakht at Thebes / by Norman de Garis Davies ; with plates in color by L. Crane, Norman de G. Davies, and F.S. Unwin, of the Egyptian Expedition, and Nina de Garis Davies.
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, MCMXVII. [1917]
xxv, 79 p., [31] leaves of plates : ill. ; 50 cm.
(Robb de Peyster Tytus memorial series ; 1)
Plates and one leaf (key plan) accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
"Of this book five hundred copies were printed on Val Gelder handmade paper in the month of April MCMXVII." -- colophon.
Printed by the Gillis Press.
Additional t.p.: Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian expedition / edited by Albert M. Lythgoe, curator of the department of Egyptian art. -- Robb de Peyster Tytus memorial series, volume I.
Includes half-title.
Booklabel: Ex libris Percy E. Newberry. Handwritten below: Myers' Museum, Eton College.
Dark brown quarter calf; grey paper covered boards; brown calf gold tooled title label on front board; gold tooled title on spine.
Inscriptions, Egyptian.
Tombs Egypt Thebes (Extinct city)
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Davies, Nina M., 1881 - 1965 (Nina Macdonald)
Lythgoe, Albert M., 1868 - 1934 (Albert Morton)
Newberry, Percy E., 1869 - 1949 (Percy Edward) former owner.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition.
United States New York.
B32266