[Rarebooks] FS: Presentation copy of Budge's "The Book of the Bee" Oxford: 1886

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Budge, Ernest A. Wallis (Editor and Translator). THE BOOK OF THE BEE. The Syriac Text Edited from the Manuscripts in London, Oxford, and Munich. With an English Translation. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press. 1886. 4to.  (4),155,(183)pp. including the 2 photographic facsimile leaves at back, and the series title at front. Orig. black morocco spine over dark blue cloth. A very attractive copy. This copy inscribed at the top of the title page, in 1911 "for the Lady Burghelere from the Editor & Translator E. A. Wallis Budge."                $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Part of the series "Anecdota Oxoniensia," this volume being "Semitic Series Vol.1 - Part II." 
Budge (1857-1934) was the most notable English specialist on the Antient Near East in his day. THE BOOK OF THE BEE, published when he was 29, is his first scholarly work on ancient Syriac texts.
Presentation copies of his books are scarce. The auction records (Rarebookhub) show 566 records of Budge titles sold, but there are only 6 records for inscribed copies!  "Lady Burghelere" (1864-1944) was an English author writing on the British aristocracy.

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