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LEONARD, M. A. Egyptian history; from the earliest records to the period when it became a Roman Province; adapted to the capacities of the young.

London. Houlston and Stoneman, [1844]. First edition.
16mo. xviii, 219pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, adhesive residue and remnants of paper label to upper board, spine dulled. Scattered spotting.
A rare survival of the sole edition of an abridged history of Ancient Egypt intended for a juvenile readership.

OCLC and COPAC together record copies at just four locations (BL, Cambridge, NLS, and Oxford).
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref: 32304