The Book of the Dead; an English translation of the chapters, hymns, etc., of the Theban Recension, with introduction, notes, etc. by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge. … [3 vols.]. by BUDGE, E. A. Wallis (1857-1934) - 1901

London:: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1901., 1901. Series: Books on Egypt and Chaldaea. Three volumes. Small 8vo. xcvi, 222, [2]; [8], viii, [225]-526, [2]; [8], iii, [1], 702, [2] pp. 420 figures, index. Original black-stamped tan cloth. Bookplates of Basil Hall Chamberlain. Very good +. A well-preserved set. Early printing of the English translation. PROVENANCE: Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935), was a British academic and Japanologist. He was a professor of the Japanese language at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. He left Japan in 1911 and moved to Geneva, where he lived until his death in 1935. Extra postage will apply.