Title: The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum Author: Budge, E.A. Wallis Place: London Publisher: British Museum Date: 1895 Description: clv, 377 pp. (4to) 12½x10, period half green morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. The Egyptian text with interlinear transliteration and translation, a running translation, introduction, etc. by Wallis Budge who purchased the scroll for the British Museum in 1888. A facsimile plate volume was published in 1890 and again in 1894, the present work is the first edition of the text volume. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers well worn, joints and hinges cracked; presentation rubberstamp on title page, internally very good. Item number: 195414
Title: The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum Author: Budge, E.A. Wallis Place: London Publisher: British Museum Date: 1895 Description: clv, 377 pp. (4to) 12½x10, period half green morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition. The Egyptian text with interlinear transliteration and translation, a running translation, introduction, etc. by Wallis Budge who purchased the scroll for the British Museum in 1888. A facsimile plate volume was published in 1890 and again in 1894, the present work is the first edition of the text volume. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers well worn, joints and hinges cracked; presentation rubberstamp on title page, internally very good. Item number: 195414
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