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Coptic Tattoo Designs

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Author: Carswell, John
xxx pp., 147 leaves (each having one or more tattoo designs on recto, with printed descriptions on the verso of preceding leaf), [6] appendix & index pp. Foreword by Margaret Murray. With 4 plates having 7 illustrations from photographs. 11½x8¼, half morocco & gilt-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. No. 99 of 200 copies. Second Edition, revised and expanded.
The first edition was privately printed in Jerusalem in 1956, limited to only 13 copies; this expanded edition is still quite scarce, notably so in dust jacket. The designs in the book were taken from woodblocks intended to be stamped on the arms of Coptic pilgrims to Jerusalem as a guide for the tattooer's needle.
Place Published: [Beirut]
Publisher Name: [American University of Beirut]
Date Published: 1958

Jacket with some darkening, soiling and other wear, "Postage Paid" rubberstamp on front panel; a little rubbing to spine ends, lower corners slightly bumped, near fine in very good jacket.

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