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 anicent Peruvians

Creator:

Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865

Published/Created:

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

Physical Description:

xxi, 264 p., 1 l. XIII pl. (part col., incl. front.) 31 x 24 cm.

Related Links:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3475434

Notes:

Ten of the plates designed by G. Cruikshank.
Bookplate of Shepard Krech and autograph of A. Glover.

Associated Names:

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 [Illustrator]
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865 [Author]

Topics:

Animal worship
Embalming
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Mummies

Topics:

Glover, A.--Autograph
Krech, Shepard--1891---Bookplate

Language:

English

Genre:

Historiography
illustrations (AAT)
prints: lithographs (AAT)

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Books, Journals & Pamphlets

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Peabody Museum Egyptomania

Call Number:

1978 +264

Orbis Record:

3475434

Orbis Barcode:

39002099618150

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1464387

Extent of digitization:

Partial work digitized.

OID:

10267680

PID:

digcoll:3747821