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Mistress of the House: Mistress of Heaven. Women in Ancient Egypt
by Capel, Anne K and Markoe, Glenn E (editors)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1555951295
- ISBN 13
- 9781555951290
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Hudson Hills Press in Association with Cincinnati Art Museum, 1996. 233pp, color and b/w photos, chronology, map, bibliography, index. Maroon cloth in jacket. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Cincinnati Art Museum then The Booklyn Museum in 1996 and 1997. The essays cover Women's work: some occupations of nonroyal women as depicted in ancient Egyptian art; In women good and bad fortune are on earth: Status and roles of women in Egyptian culture; followed by the catalogue which covers public and private lives, female royalty, goddesses, and the afterlife; the concluding essay covers the legal status of women in ancient Egypt.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039955
- Title
- Mistress of the House: Mistress of Heaven. Women in Ancient Egypt
- Author
- Capel, Anne K and Markoe, Glenn E (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555951295
- ISBN 13
- 9781555951290
- Publisher
- Hudson Hills Press in Association with Cincinnati Art Museum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Women in Art Exhibitions Art Egyptian Exhibitions Ancient Egypt Exhibitions Catharine H Roehrig Betsy M Bryan Janet H Johnson Cataloguue Richard A Fazzini James F Romano David P Silverman Donald B Spanel Goddesses
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa & South America; Ancient History / Archaeology; Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnology, Ethnology;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
Lawrence Jones
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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