THE PAPYRUS EBERS. [on Ancient Egyptian Medicine]

Bryan, Cyril P. (tr.)

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1931. FIRST EDITION. Very Good or better cloth volume in chipped dust jacket. Introduction by G. Elliot Smith. Translated from the German. With sixteen illustrations appended, and printed on coat. Famous volume said to be the "oldest book in the world", dating from 1550 BC, and the first to record alchemical concepts for the manufacture of these medicinal recipes. 167 pages. Octavo. Item #19250

Price: $135.00