THE NEW YORK OBELISK: CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE, WITH A PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE HISTORY, ERECTION, USES, AND SIGNIFICATION OF OBELISKS
Book Details + Condition: The Lancaster Press (Lancaster, PA). Early Edition, 1935. Hardcover with dark blue pebbled boards and gilt to spine. 202 pages with glossaries of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian words on the New York Obelisk, and Index. Profusely illustrated with examples of Egyptian obelisks and Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Charles E. Moldenke's comprehensive study of Ancient Egyptian Obelisks, with a focus on the Egyptian obelisk now located in New York City. Chapters include:
- Obelisks: Where Found, and When, and by Whom Erected
- The Quarrying, Transporting, and Raising of Obelisks
- The Form, Name, Dimensions, Invention, Material, and Use of Obelisks
- The Signification of the Obelisk and the Worship of the Sun
- The History of the New York Obelisk, and its Removal from Alexandria
- The Inscriptions of the New York Obelisk
- And more.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. In very good condition, with firm binding; light shelf wear; toning to endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings.
