Facsimile of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus in the British Museum, Printed by the Trustees. Sold at the British Museum, Longmans 1898

Facsimile of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus in the British Museum, Printed by the Trustees.Sold at the British Museum, Longmans 1898

565 x 390 mm. Quarter buckram over paper covered boards with paper label to front. [viii], 21 coloured plates illustrating the manuscript. Pages are in very good condition. Some slight old water stains to board and very slightly showing on the plates. Otherwise a very good copy.

The Rhind Papyrus, also known as the Ahmes Papyrus, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian mathematical documents. It is a remarkable artifact that offers insight into the mathematics of ancient Egypt, dating back to around 1550 BCE during the Second Intermediate Period.

The Rhind Papyrus is named after Alexander Henry Rhind, a Scottish antiquarian who purchased it in 1858 in Luxor, Egypt. It is also sometimes called the Ahmes Papyrus after the scribe who copied the text. The original papyrus is believed to have been written around 1550 BCE during the reign of the Hyksos rulers in Egypt, although the mathematical problems it contains likely date back to an earlier period.