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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Date: 1738Reference: 23215i
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[Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].
Date: 1862
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The three holy women take spices to the tomb of Christ; an angel is waiting there. Etching by J.B. Patas after J.B. Wicar after P. da Cortona.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.Reference: 23282i
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Anthropotomie, ou l'art d'injecter, de disséquer, d'embaumer et de conserver les parties du corps humain. &c / par M. Sue.
Sue, M. (Jean Joseph), 1710-1792.Date: 1765
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Embalming.
Date: 1961
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Embalming : history, theory, and practice / Robert G. Mayer ; with a foreword by Gordon S. Bigelow.
Mayer, Robert G.Date: [1990], ©1990
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Contemplating corpses : the dead body in American culture, 1870-1920 / Karen Pomeroy Flood.
Flood, Karen Pomeroy.Date: 2001
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Petri Bellonii Cenomani De admirabili opervm antiqvorum et rerum suspiciendarum praestantia liber primus. De medicato fumere, seu cadauere condito, & lugubri defunctorum eiulatione liber secundus. De medicamentis nonnullis seruandi cadaueris vim obtimentibus liber tertius / [Pierre Belon].
Belon, Pierre, 1517?-1564.Date: 1553
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The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869.Date: 1848Reference: 23591i
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Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies? / Kenneth V. Iserson.
Iserson, Kenneth V.Date: [1994], ©1994
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Specification of Pierre Armande Le Comte de Fontaine Moreau : preserving animal substances, &c.
Fontainemoreau, Pierre Armand, comte de.Date: 1856
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Specification of Gabor Naphegyi : preserving animal and vegetable substances.
Naphegyi, Gabor.Date: 1874
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Lamentation over the dead Christ. Engraving after P. de Champaigne.
Champaigne, Philippe de, 1602-1674.Reference: 23214i
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Specification of William Robert Lake : preserving dead bodies and carcasses.
Lake, William Robert.Date: 1870
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Specification of John Morgan : embalming and curing.
Morgan, John.Date: 1863
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Specification of Ludovico Brunetti : embalming.
Brunetti, Ludovico.Date: 1867
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Christ's body is taken down from the cross; he is laid into a tomb. Engraving after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 23230i
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The Apis embalming ritual : P. Vindob. 3873 / by R.L. Vos.
Vos, R. L.Date: 1993
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The embalmers book of recipes / Ann Lingard.
Lingard, Ann.Date: 2009
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De l'embaumement chez les anciens et chez les modernes et des conservations pour l'étude de l'anatomie / par J. P. Sucquet.
Sucquet, J. P.Date: 1872
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Lettre de M. Pariset sur le but des embaumemens chez les anciens Egyptiens : suivie d'observations en formes de notes.
Pariset, Etienne, 1770-1847.Date: Aout 1827
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A treatise on the chemical, medicinal, and physiological properties of creosote illustrated by experiments on the lower animals: with some considerations on the embalment of the Egyptians being the Harveian Prize dissertation for 1836 / By John Rose Cormack.
Cormack, John Rose, Sir, 1815-1882.Date: 1836
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Specification of Auguste Audigier : embalming.
Audigier, Auguste.Date: 1864
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Description of an Egyptian mummy, presented to the Massachusetts General Hospital : with an account of the operation of embalming, in ancient and modern times / by John C. Warren.
Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856.Date: [1824?]
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Egyptian mummies / by G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson ; with woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton and other illustrations.
Smith, Grafton Elliot, 1871-1937.Date: [1924]

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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

[Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].

The three holy women take spices to the tomb of Christ; an angel is waiting there. Etching by J.B. Patas after J.B. Wicar after P. da Cortona.

Anthropotomie, ou l'art d'injecter, de disséquer, d'embaumer et de conserver les parties du corps humain. &c / par M. Sue.

Embalming.

Embalming : history, theory, and practice / Robert G. Mayer ; with a foreword by Gordon S. Bigelow.

Contemplating corpses : the dead body in American culture, 1870-1920 / Karen Pomeroy Flood.

Petri Bellonii Cenomani De admirabili opervm antiqvorum et rerum suspiciendarum praestantia liber primus. De medicato fumere, seu cadauere condito, & lugubri defunctorum eiulatione liber secundus. De medicamentis nonnullis seruandi cadaueris vim obtimentibus liber tertius / [Pierre Belon].

The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.

Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies? / Kenneth V. Iserson.

Specification of Pierre Armande Le Comte de Fontaine Moreau : preserving animal substances, &c.

Specification of Gabor Naphegyi : preserving animal and vegetable substances.

Lamentation over the dead Christ. Engraving after P. de Champaigne.

Specification of William Robert Lake : preserving dead bodies and carcasses.

Specification of John Morgan : embalming and curing.

Specification of Ludovico Brunetti : embalming.

Christ's body is taken down from the cross; he is laid into a tomb. Engraving after M. de Vos.

The Apis embalming ritual : P. Vindob. 3873 / by R.L. Vos.

The embalmers book of recipes / Ann Lingard.

De l'embaumement chez les anciens et chez les modernes et des conservations pour l'étude de l'anatomie / par J. P. Sucquet.

Lettre de M. Pariset sur le but des embaumemens chez les anciens Egyptiens : suivie d'observations en formes de notes.

A treatise on the chemical, medicinal, and physiological properties of creosote illustrated by experiments on the lower animals: with some considerations on the embalment of the Egyptians being the Harveian Prize dissertation for 1836 / By John Rose Cormack.

Specification of Auguste Audigier : embalming.

Description of an Egyptian mummy, presented to the Massachusetts General Hospital : with an account of the operation of embalming, in ancient and modern times / by John C. Warren.

Egyptian mummies / by G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson ; with woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton and other illustrations.