1934 1st Edtn FROM FETISH TO GOD IN ANCIENT EGYPT By Sir EA Wallis Budge KT Illus. Very Good Egypt
1934 1st Edition ,
FROM FETISH TO GOD IN ANCIENT EGYPT
By Sir EA Wallis Budge KT
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
Illustrated By: N/A
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Oxford University Press,
octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 545
ISBN:
1934
1st Edition
FROM FETISH TO GOD
Sir E.A. Wallis Budge
EGYPTOLOGY
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp Egyptian motif to front board, xii + 545pp
240 black and white illustrations.
The work comprises an Introduction "The early Egyptologists and the Egyptian Religion" followed by two main parts: Part I is a study of the nature and development of Egyptian religious beliefs, their foundation in magic, etc. etc.; Part II comprises a selection of new translations of hymns, myths, rituals, legends and so on; then there is an essay "The Dramatic Aspects of Certain Egyptian Myths" by Sidney Smith, and a further large section on "Legends of the Gods."
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
SKU: BTETM0001969
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
1934 1st Edition ,
FROM FETISH TO GOD IN ANCIENT EGYPT
By Sir EA Wallis Budge KT
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
Illustrated By: N/A
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Oxford University Press,
octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 545
ISBN:
1934
1st Edition
FROM FETISH TO GOD
Sir E.A. Wallis Budge
EGYPTOLOGY
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp Egyptian motif to front board, xii + 545pp
240 black and white illustrations.
The work comprises an Introduction "The early Egyptologists and the Egyptian Religion" followed by two main parts: Part I is a study of the nature and development of Egyptian religious beliefs, their foundation in magic, etc. etc.; Part II comprises a selection of new translations of hymns, myths, rituals, legends and so on; then there is an essay "The Dramatic Aspects of Certain Egyptian Myths" by Sidney Smith, and a further large section on "Legends of the Gods."
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
SKU: BTETM0001969
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
1934 1st Edition ,
FROM FETISH TO GOD IN ANCIENT EGYPT
By Sir EA Wallis Budge KT
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
Illustrated By: N/A
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Oxford University Press,
octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 545
ISBN:
1934
1st Edition
FROM FETISH TO GOD
Sir E.A. Wallis Budge
EGYPTOLOGY
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp Egyptian motif to front board, xii + 545pp
240 black and white illustrations.
The work comprises an Introduction "The early Egyptologists and the Egyptian Religion" followed by two main parts: Part I is a study of the nature and development of Egyptian religious beliefs, their foundation in magic, etc. etc.; Part II comprises a selection of new translations of hymns, myths, rituals, legends and so on; then there is an essay "The Dramatic Aspects of Certain Egyptian Myths" by Sidney Smith, and a further large section on "Legends of the Gods."
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
SKU: BTETM0001969
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report