Chassinat, Émile , 1868-1948
Hyvernat, Henri , 1858-1941
Subject:
Manuscripts, Coptic
Description:
Two sets of corrected galley proofs of an unpublished dealer’s catalog of the Hamuli collection of Coptic manuscripts discovered in 1910. Most of this collection was purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1911.
Note:
Set [1] of bound galley proofs: Leaves 1 and 23 have stamp: 2.me Épreuve Imprimérie de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale. Leaf 2 has stamp: 14 Juin 1911 1ère Épreuve Imprimérie de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale. Leaf 23 has stamp: Imprimérie de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale Le Caire 23 Avr. 1911 2me Épreuve. Leaf 51 has stamp: Imprimérie de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale Le Caire 10 Mai 1911 2me Épreuve. Corrections in pencil and blue pencil by H. Hyvernat.
Set [2] of galley proofs: Galleys in cardboard covers and taped spine with title handwritten in ink: Morgan Collection. Running title at head of leaves: Catalogue copte. M. E. Chassinat. Extensive annotations in pencil by H. Hyvernat. Loose pages of Hyvernat’s notes are interleaved with the galley proofs.
Title and author from spine and ft. cover of set [1].
