[Rarebooks] FS: Budge's 1st English trans. of "The Book of the Dead" London: 1895

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(EGYPTOLOGY) Budge, E. A. Wallis. THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. THE PAPYRUS OF ANI 
IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The Egyptian Text with Interlinear Transliteration 
and Translation, a Running Translation, Introduction, Etc... London: Longmans &
 Co. et al. 1895. First English translation. Lg. 4to. (13" x 10-1/2"). 
clvi,378pp. Bibliography. Text in English and Egyptian hieroglyphics. Orig. 
black morocco, gilt, over pebbled cloth, minor rubbing at extremities. A very 
nice copy.     $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The facsimile of the Ani Papyrus was printed in 1890. This is the first 
English translation issued for scholars.

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