The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet
By Budge, E. A. Wallis
SKU# 19924
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.’
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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 |