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Natural History, Science, Sport, Travel
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Bloomsbury House
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Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph) A History of Egyptian Mummies, and an Account of the Worship and Embalming of the sacred Animals by the Egyptians, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 12 aquatint plates, 2 hand-coloured, 10 of the plates by George Cruikshank, errata, offsetting to title and a few other ff., occasional spotting, attractive contemporary dark green half crushed morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, a very good copy, 1834.***Pettigrew was a surgeon and antiquary and helped establish the Philosophical Society of London. . ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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