The Tell El-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum; with Autotype Facimilies
London: Printed By the Trustees, 1892. First Edition. Quartio. Item #031737
xciv, 157 pages, 24 leaves of plates tipped in on stubbs. A very rare book with the Akkadian text. In the autumn of 1887, the Amarna Archive was discovered. This led to new understanding of the proto-canaanitish influence on early Semitic languages. The work of Bezold, the Assyriologist scholar and Budge, the Egyptologist and Semitic scholar combined to make this the essential starting place for Akkadian (and early allied semitic languages). In this, the first edition of the Amarna letters in the British Museum (BB 1892) scholars realized these letters and dispatches were key to proto-canaanitish vocabulary and were related to Amenophis III. The Bookplates of S.D. Driver (Magdalen College, Oxford) and later of his son Sir. Geoffrey R. Driver, who also was an accomplished Semitic scholar, represent a very strong association copy, Bound in brown cloth over beveled boards, spine lettering gilt, yellow coated endpapers, some light scattered foxing mostly to the verso of plates. light wear to corners, joints rubbed, a handsome copy.
Price: $1,750.00