Edit. British Museum Publications 1989 U.K. 192p. Cuarto mayor (28x22cm). Rústica en buen estado. Puntas levemente dobladas y rozadas. Con 60 ilustraciones a color y 85 en B/N. «The Book of the Dead is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts known to the ancient Egyptians as The Chapters of Coming-forth by Day. Their principal aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife and to give him the power to leave his tomb when necessary. (…) In this volume, the text translated by the late Dr. R. O. Kaulkner is that found in the papyrus prepared for the scribe Ani which is one of the greatest treasures in the British Museum. (…)»