EGYPTIAN MUMMIES
Book Details + Condition: George Allen & Unwin Ltd (London). Scarce First British Edition, 1924. Quarto (9" x 11"). Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine. 190 pages, with color frontis, 48 beautiful woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton, and 25 other illustrations. A fascinating overview of mummification in Ancient Egypt, with a comprehensive account of the technical processes and materials employed by the ancient Egyptian embalmers, along with a historical analysis of their modifications throughout the dynasties. Content includes:
- The Death and Burial of an Egyptian
- Egyptian Texts Relating to Embalming
- Embalming According to Herodotus and Later Authors
- Mummification in the Old and Middle Empires
- Mummification in the XVIIIth to XXth Dynasties
- Mummification in the XXist Dynasty
- Mummification from the XXIInd Dynasty to the Decline
- The Accessories of the Mummy
- Mummification in Relation to Medicine and Pathology
Firm binding; minor rubbing to extremities; fading to spine; owner stamp to ffep; interior is clean and free of markings.
