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Pettigrew Thomas Joseph - History of Egyptian Mummies
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And An Account Of The Worship And Embalming Of The Sacred Animals of The Egyptians with Remarks On The Funeral Ceremonies Of Different Nations and Observations On The Mummies Of The Canary Islands, Of The Ancient Peruvians, Burman Priests, etc. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, And Longman, London, first edition, 1834, xxi, 264pp, (1), 13 plates, 3 hand coloured, half morocco, ex library, boards detached, half spine strip missing, general foxing throughout. Scarce. A scholarly early English language text on the study of traditional Egyptian and other mummification & funereal practices by surgeon and antiquarian Pettigrew.
