GOULIANOF, Chevalier Ivan Aleksandrovitch de - Lot 57

GOULIANOF, Chevalier Ivan Aleksandrovitch de Archéologie égyptienne, ou Recherches sur l'expression des signes hiéroglyphiques et sur les éléments de la langue sacrée des Égyptiens (Egyptian Archaeology, or Research into the Expression of Hieroglyphic Signs and the Elements of the Sacred Language of the Egyptians) Leipzig, Barth, 1839, 3 volumes in-8, full contemporary glazed calf, spine ribbed, decorated, fillets on covers, VIII, XX, 47, 312 pp. 2 plates and 2 folding tables; IV, 462 pp. 4 folding plates; IV, 572 pp. Some foxing. Spotting, mainly on the edges of the boards of the last two volumes, but an elegant copy. Includes an engraved bookplate. Missing from Dorbon. Caillet 4666: "Graphic methods of the Egyptians. Enigmatic symbols. Sacred language. Abraxas of the Gnostics. Mystical symbols. Allegories of colors. The Son of Man. Lucifer. Death. Initiation. Etc."