The oldest books in the world
Subtitle: an account of the wisdom, philosophy, ethics, manners, proverbs, sayings and refinements as set forth in the Book of Kaqemna circa 3998-3969 B. C. and The precepts of Ptah-Hotep circa 3580-3536 B. C.
By: reprinted in condensed form through the courtesy of the original publisher from the The oldest books in the world, by Isaac Myer, L. L. B.
Contributors: Ptaḥ-ḥetep.; Osbourne, John F., ed.; Vernon, Paul Egbert, 1869-; Myer, Isaac, 1836-1902.
Publisher: Printed by Horn-Shafer Company
Published: 1935
Place of publication: [Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Notes: "Introductory note" compiled by Paul E. Vernon from the original introduction.
"Seventeen hundred and fifty copies of The oldest books in the world printed ... by the Horn-Shafer Company at Baltimore in 1935. The arrangement and the typography is by John F. Osbourne under whose supervision this volume was printed and bound."