‎Sir E. A. Wallis Budge‎
‎Amulets and Superstitions‎

‎London 1930 OXFORD UNIVERITY PRESS Hardcover 1st Edition ‎

Reference : 027089

‎Hardcover, 25 x 15 cm, XXXIX-543 pp., English, 1st Edition, Illustrations, book condition: Very Good. Amulets and superstitionsrnThe original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etcrnRed canvas decorated in gilt from the publisher on the spine, the front cover is blind-stampedrnIt is illustrated with 22 plates in black and 300 illustrations in the text, also in black.rn‎