first edition
1959 · Providence, RI
by Parker, Richard A. (ed. and trans.)
Providence, RI: Brown Univ. Press 1959. First edition. 4to (12" x 9.75"). [4], viii, 59, [1] pp. With 9 plates of photographic reproductions of the papyrus. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles to spine and upper cover, plain endpapers. Covers show general rubbing and wear, some fraying at corners and edges, spine lettering dulled. Still a Good, sound copy of a rare monograph in which Prof. Parker translates and analyzes two ancient astronomical texts preserved on papyrus dating the the second or third century CE. .
(Inventory #: 39824)