Ruffer, Marc Armand

Studies in the Palaeopathology of Egypt

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1921. Ed. Roy L. Moodie. Quarto, original cloth boards, b&w author frontis plate, colour and b&w plates (72 plates, 8 in colour), pp 372. Head and foot of spine rubbed. Pencilled previous owner's signature. First two plates heavily toned. Very good condition.

The author was a pioneer in the field: originally trained in medicine, in Egypt he worked on the histology of mummies and helped to establish paleopathology. Item #99941

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