Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. His work on the Pyramid Texts was a significant step forward in the understanding of these religious works.
He excavated sites at Saqqara, such as the pyramid of Ibi and the pyramid of Khendjer, at Dahshur, Lisht, and Mazghuna. He participated in major excavations sponsored by the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Jéquier began his career under the guidance of the Egyptologists Gaston Maspero and Jacques de Morgan, and specialized in the Predynastic Period.
SAQQARAH CODE
He was a member of Jacques de Morgan's 1901 Susa expedition, which led to the discovery of the famous Code of Hammurabi, now on display in the Louvre. About the author: Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946) was an Egyptologist and one of the first archaeologists to excavate ancient Persian cities in what is now Iran. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition. Previous owner's Ex-libris on inside of front cover (J. Tip of upper front corner slightly bumped, thus slightly affecting pages throughout.
This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with 37 in-text figs and 14 leaves of illustrated and photo-illustrated plates. Excavated by the French Egyptologist Gustave Jéquier in the 1925-26 season at Saqqara, the edifice includes most of the elements of a major pyramid complex: the pyramid itself, a funerary chapel with the offering table and false door, tombs of the queen's retainers, and an enclosure wall. Originally published in 1928, Gustave Jéquier's "La Pyramide d'Oudjebten" is a striking monograph on Queen Wedjebten's pyramid (Sixth Dynasty).