Luxor, Egypt: A. Gaddis & G. Seif, n.d./c1943. 9.25" x 5.75" with 36 pages of full color, photographic illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration on front cover (spine is blank). Gilt has rubbed off of cover in several places, the corners of cloth are quite rubbed, and there is a dime-sized discoloration on rear board. Tissue covering title page is present but pulling away. Margins of primary text are toned and mildly foxed in a couple places. Writing inside front cover, including the date 1943. Very Good-.
The Book of the Dead and Elysian Fields is a visual record of ancient Egyptian funerary art and burial practices. The book consists entirely of full-color photographic reproductions of tomb decorations, sarcophagi, and funerary artifacts.
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