Petrie, W.M. Flinders Amulets - illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University College London , London: Constable & Company, 1914.

First edition, 1914 Illustrated with 54 plates (mainly photographic and each showing many figures), very large quarto, pp x, 58, slight signs of use and a little age-toning internally, endpapers unevenly browned, cloth unevenly browned and faded, a lttle worn, lower corners bumped, spine a bit rubbed and frayed at head and tail. A portait of Petrie from another publication is loosely inserted. [EXTREMELY SCARCE] . [Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS (3 June 1853 - 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, such as Naukratis, Tanis, Abydos and Amarna. Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred.) His painstaking recording and study of artifacts set new standards in archaeology. He said: "I believe the true line of research lies in the noting and comparison of the smallest details." By linking styles of pottery with periods, he was the first to use seriation in Egyptology, a new method for establishing the chronology of a site. Flinders Petrie was also responsible for mentoring and training a whole generation of Egyptologists, including Howard Carter.] (Book ref. 006890)  £175.00

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