The Monthly Review, Or Literary Journal, Enlarged, Vol. 33
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Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2018-03-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 0666819769 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780666819765 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Monthly Review, or Literary Journal, Enlarged, Vol. 33: From September to December, Inclusive, 1800; With an Appendix On his return to England in 1739, he brought with him, as appears by a letter written by him to the Rev. Dr. Dampier, two mummies and eight embalmed ibiss'a from the catacombs of Memphis; a large quantity of the famous Egyptian papyrus; fifteen intaglios; five hundred medals, most of them easier to he read than that which has the inscription famiqn: a marble vase from Athens, and a very long inscription as yet undecyphered, on both sidesof a piece of marble of about two feet in height. This marble was afterward presented to Trinity College, and the inscription has been explained by the late learned Dr. Taylor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.