Item #57559 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, Burma Priests &c. Thomas Joseph PETTIGREW.
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, Burma Priests &c.
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, Burma Priests &c.
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, Burma Priests &c.
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, Burma Priests &c.

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, Burma Priests &c.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 11.5 inches). xxii + 266pp. + 13 plates. Heavy twentieth century brown buckram binding, with gilt titling to spine. 13 plates (frontispiece and 12 at rear). Ten of of the plates are by George Cruikshank, four in colour. Errata bound in. Pettigrew (1791 - 1865) was a surgeon, antiquary and bibliographer, and wrote extensively on the history of medicine, on ancient superstitions and on similar topics. His enthusiasm for mummies began when he assisted Belzoni in their public unwrapping. Inspired by this, "Mummy Pettigrew" as he became known, organised unwrappings of his own as commercial (and highly successful) public spectacles, although his approach remained scientific. His book is one of the first scholarly studies of mummies and was much praised on publication. Very light rubbing to boards, endpapers unevenly browned. Page edges darkings and a few spots and signs of use to text. Some pale foxing and shadowing - mostly to the plates - which have also offset onto the adjacent pages which is typical for this volume. A solidly bound VG or better copy of an interesting work. Item #57559

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