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2 volumes. Illustrated with numerous B&W photographs of the rock drawings, as well as drawn recreations. 32x25.5 cm (12½x10"), brown cloth, spine lettering in gilt, paper wrapper dust jackets. First Edition.

Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (1867-1938) was a British chemist and archaeologist who took an interest in the archaeology of Ancient Egypt and worked with some of the major archaeologists of the time, including Percy Newberry, Howard Carter, Arthur Weigall and Alan Gardiner. With the last named he worked on the Theban necropolis. After World War I he was involved with the preservation of the tomb of Ramesses I. He built up a considerable collection of artefacts which he bequeathed to the British Museum. He also performed archaeological work in Palestine, France and the Channel Islands and assisted in the foundation of a British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.