Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (MS 37)

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XIV observations on some Egyptian mummies opened in London, by John Frederick Blumenbach, MD FRS, addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. PRS read April 10 1794. [London, 1794]

[2, 25, 4] pp., 3 illus. 21 x 17 cm

Handwritten; 3 handdrawn illustrations pasted to p. 25

Holograph on preliminary leaf: Presented by J. Bendyshe Esq. MA to the Library of the Anthropological Society of London

Dark brown leather boards; lettered in gold on upper cover: Blumenbach on Egyptian mummies. Original MS