{"product_id":"gemini-the-book-of-the-dead-sir-e-a-wallis-budge-second-edition-revised-and-enlarged","title":"The Book of the Dead, Sir E. A. Wallis Budge — Second Edition Revised and Enlarged","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Routledge \u0026amp; Kegan Paul, 1977\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"50\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e thick 8vo, pp. ccvi, 704.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. This hefty volume presents tightly bound and square in its original green cloth, with hinges that remain entirely sound. The pictorial dust jacket is bright and complete, displaying only light shelf-wear, minor rubbing to the corners, and slight handling marks to the panels. Internally, the pages remain clean, crisp, and largely free from blemishes. Moderate to heavy foxing present along the top edge of the text block, with some faint, occasional spotting extending to the fore-edge. Overall, a sturdy and highly attractive copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleventh impression of the \"Second Edition Revised and Enlarged,\" first published as a single, consolidated volume by Routledge and Kegan Paul in 1923 (originally appearing in 1899), containing the complete text of the Theban Recension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThe edition is celebrated for its exhaustive visual apparatus, boasting twenty-two plates and four hundred and twenty meticulously reproduced vignettes of the original papyri. These single-volume examples with their original, pictorial dust jackets intact and in such good condition remain a desirable prospect for collectors of core Egyptology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eA monumental achievement in the field of Egyptology, Sir E.A. Wallis Budge’s translation of \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"99\"\u003eThe Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e provides a direct gateway into the ancient Egyptian vision of the afterlife. Synthesizing the Papyrus of Ani and other vital texts of the Theban Recension, this exhaustive work details the spells, incantations, and complex rituals necessary to guide the deceased safely through the perils of the underworld. Accompanied by hundreds of striking facsimile illustrations depicting gods, monsters, and the weighing of the heart, Budge's masterwork remains an indispensable and mesmerizing resource for understanding the spiritual cosmology of the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53952853311827,"sku":"4208-RM-VG-28","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260605_163549.jpg?v=1780935921","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/gemini-the-book-of-the-dead-sir-e-a-wallis-budge-second-edition-revised-and-enlarged","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}