29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Budge (E. A. Wallis).
The Book of the Dead, Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher and Netchemet ...
British Museum et al., 1899, large folio, xi, [1], 64 pages, 19 chromolitho plates (double and single page) and 78 monochrome plates, reinforced title hinge, modern half leather binding.
Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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