The Last Act : Being the Funeral Rites of Nations and Individuals

Collected rituals and anecdotes from ancient times, different cultures to more recently. Covers discusions on the opening of churchyards to dissenters, the new craze for modern garden cemeteries, cremation and reforms in public health. CONDITION Green cloth with bevelled edges, Black decorative borders and bright Gilt titles, the frontispiece illustrates Siemens' cremation apparatus, 404pp, tinted lithograph frontispiece and extra title, 30 page publishers list bound in to rear. one wood block illus of 'patent necropolis earth to earth coffin. Internally bright and crisp, spine ends starting to fray, shaken at joints exposing mull which is intact, rear Name and book plate inside to eps, contemporary name and date at top of frontis illus. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.