A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by 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 / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.

  • Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865.
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A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by 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 / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834.

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xxi, 264 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, XIII leaves of plates (some color) : color frontispiece, illustrations (some color) ; (4to)

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Copy 1 Note: With list of subscribers. Cover-label reads 'Subscription copy. Large paper. Three guineas'. Signature of Gurney Turner, Oct. 1834, inside cover; his name does not appear in the list of subscribers but his father, Dawson Turner, subscribed for a large-paper copy.
Copy 2 Note: Another issue. Cover-label does not have "Subscription copy". Half-title wanting.

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Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank no. 644

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