Anton Prinner (1902-1983)
Pl. for The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Sixty-six plates etched by Prinner. Paris, Robert J. Godet, 1948. Etching copper engraving. 119 x 165. Rounded corners. 
 The work was based on the eighteenth dynasty papyrus kept at the Museo Egizio in Turin, in Pierret's translation. The text and the 66 plates were engraved by Prinner. The book was printed in a total of 217 copies (200 on Rives vellum, 10 on ancient japanese, 7 for the collaborators).
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Anton Prinner (1902-1983) Pl. for The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Sixty-six plates etched by Prinner. Paris, Robert J. Godet, 1948. Etching copper engraving. 119 x 165. Rounded corners. The work was based on the eighteenth dynasty papyrus kept at the Museo Egizio in Turin, in Pierret's translation. The text and the 66 plates were engraved by Prinner. The book was printed in a total of 217 copies (200 on Rives vellum, 10 on ancient japanese, 7 for the collaborators).

Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
€832
Buyer's premium
28%
Anton Prinner (1902-1983) Pl. for The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Sixty-six plates etched by Prinner. Paris, Robert J. Godet, 1948. Etching copper engraving. 119 x 165. Rounded corners. The work was based on the eighteenth dynasty papyrus kept at the Museo Egizio in Turin, in Pierret's translation. The text and the 66 plates were engraved by Prinner. The book was printed in a total of 217 copies (200 on Rives vellum, 10 on ancient japanese, 7 for the collaborators).
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