BIRCH Samuel, Facsimile of an Egyptian hieratic papyrus of the reign of Rameses III, now in the British Museum (Papyrus Harris I) - 1876
British Museum, London, 1876. First edition. In-2, 29 pages, 79 plates. Oblong elephant folio. Papyrus Harris I (The Great Harris Papyrus, Papyrus BM EA 9999) at 41 metres long is the longest known papyrus from Egypt, with some 1,500 lines of text. It was found in a tomb near Medinet Habu and purchased by A.C. Harris (1790–1869) in 1855. It entered the collection of the British Museum in 1872.
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