Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit

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Author: Albert B. Farnham ISBN: 1230001582000
Publisher: Gbooks Publication: March 7, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Albert B. Farnham
ISBN: 1230001582000
Publisher: Gbooks
Publication: March 7, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

     This, of course, was not the art as we know it now, but shows the beginnings of what might be called the museum idea. The art of embalming as practiced by the ancient Egyptians was, however, effective, not for the purpose of having the specimens look natural, or for exhibition, but to satisfy the superstition of the times, and though a preservative art, hardly to be classed with taxidermy.

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     This, of course, was not the art as we know it now, but shows the beginnings of what might be called the museum idea. The art of embalming as practiced by the ancient Egyptians was, however, effective, not for the purpose of having the specimens look natural, or for exhibition, but to satisfy the superstition of the times, and though a preservative art, hardly to be classed with taxidermy.

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