Africa.- Egyptology.- Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph ) History of Egyptian Mummies, and account of the worship and Embalming of the sacred Animals of the Egyptians, first edition, 13 engraved or lithographed plates, 4 hand-coloured, 2 heightened with gold, errata leaf, frontispiece offset on to title, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt, rubbed at extremities, a good copy, 4to, 1834. ⁂ Ten of the thirteen plates are by George Cruikshank and that of beetles by J.O.Westwood.
Africa.- Egyptology.- Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph ) History of Egyptian Mummies, and account of the worship and Embalming of the sacred Animals of the Egyptians, first edition, 13 engraved or lithographed plates, 4 hand-coloured, 2 heightened with gold, errata leaf, frontispiece offset on to title, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt, rubbed at extremities, a good copy, 4to, 1834. ⁂ Ten of the thirteen plates are by George Cruikshank and that of beetles by J.O.Westwood.
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