EGYPTOLOGY. Gaston MASPÉRO (1846-1916). 5 L.A.S., 1904-1908; - Lot 163

EGYPTOLOGY. Gaston MASPÉRO (1846-1916). 5 L.A.S., 1904-1908; 10 pages in-8, 2 headed by Service des Antiquités. Paris, October 15, 1904. ... "Yesterday I saw Mr. Georges Louis and told him about the two busts: he promised to keep an eye on the matter [...] It seems to me, however, that there are ways of getting out of the impasse in which accounting has locked us, and that by consigning the busts to a French administration, the Agence de France in Cairo, for example, or the Institut français, the latter could easily pass them on to us"... To Jules Comte, concerning his collaboration on the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Louxor February 12, 1907. Detailed instructions for the proper use of photographs of the Cow of Deir el Baharî, and two other mutilated cows in the Museum. "I've just made a most tiring inspection, but one that was most fortunate in terms of results and lessons learned. Edfou has been consolidated and the clearing of Esnèh has begun"... - Cairo March 29. He sends the manuscript of his article with the smoke from the photographs... "I shall remain in Egypt until the last week of July"... - May 9th. Corrected insert sent back with offer of a few extra lines, "so that the vignettes would fall into place"... Paris October 10, 1908, giving a colleague the address of Gustave Lefebvre, "Inspecteur en chef du Service des Antiquités Assiout Égypte. I am indeed leaving in three days' time, with a lot of work in store for the coming year, and some of it most tiring"...