The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet

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The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet

By Budge, E. A. Wallis

SKU# 19924

$ 1,750.00

Pp. xi, 63, 35 facsimile plates of papyri, 19 are in color and most of which are double pages. One-quarter black leather, over black cloth covered boards, title on spine and front cover, marbled endpapers, lg. folio (16 x 24 inches). The plates are divided into five sections; 'Hunefer' (11 plates), 'Anhai' (8 plates), 'Kerasher' (3 plates), 'Netchemet' (12 plates), and ‘Nu’ (1 plate). This rare folio provides the hieroglyphs and iconography as well as translation notes of the funerary texts commonly referred to as ‘The Book of the Dead.’

Publisher

Longmans & Company
Publisher Place London
Date Published 1899
Date Published Estimated No
Edition First edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Very good
Condition Description Corner of half-title page professionally repaired, some ink markings on the table of contents; a very good copy of a rare work.
ISBN
Limited Edition