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Apart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storenot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pagesoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)original brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverssome pencil writing on front free endpaperthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this work5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishersâ workstitles in gilt to spinebook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4published by john murray, londoncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingsecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagessome rubbing to front inner hingeinternally; is almost gooditem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece â north-eastern façade and grand entrance of sennacheribâs palace (kouyunjik)â, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, over 20 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps âmap of assyria, and map of mesopotamiaâ at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean conditionthe expedition yielded further important trophies and discoveries, including the cuneiform library of sennacherib's grandson ashurbanipal, on which most modern knowledge of assyrian culture is foundedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia scarce and an original first edition copy for collectors of austen henry layard, 19th century travel books, and for those interested in nineveh, mesopotamia, iraq, babylonia, babylonians, medes, chaldeans, persians, scythians, cimmerians the middle east, travel and explorationdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum this volume details layardâs important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactscondition wear at extremitiesrubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spineplates are bright
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Apart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storesecurely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pages5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this worktitles in gilt to spinebook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4published by john murray, londoncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)lacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completeinternally; is almost gooditem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteno writing or inscriptionscondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornersdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layardâs important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitop of spine cover missingrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingspages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxing
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With all plates and 2 folding maps: syria and mr) he shipped everything he found to london, where his finds caused a sensationvolume 2 - letters from baghdad and persia, western turkey, constantinople, mssion to albania, the assyrian sculptures, letters from england, arundel society, india, italy, art, parliamentary life of sir henry layard, appendices, indexlayard's travelssoon he was a popular guest of the highest circlesregistered shippingwhat he found there was nothing short of spectacularcontents: volume 1 - family history and childhood, legal studies, overland journey to constantinople, journey throuhg asia minor, through syria, syria and palestine, aleppo to mosul, mosul to baghdadthe books are otherwise intact and cleanour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableâ this set: original cloth ties with decorations, xii, 353, xii, 305 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: ex-library labels at the bottom of the spines and back covers, title page markedhe had turned the study of ancient mesopotamia into a sciencea veru beautiful setplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteâin he started his excavations in the hill of nimrud on the tigris at the mouth of the great zab
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Speke: journal of the discovery of the source of the nile mdccclxiilayard: discoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylongeorge barrington: an account of a voyage to new south walesbrowne: a year amongst the persianspeary: the north poleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesir ernest shackleton: south the story of shackleton's last exprdition care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifrederick courteney selous: travel and adventure in south-east africalaurence oliphant: a journey to katmanduburton: first footsteps in east africa or an exploration of harar two volumescaptain sir richard fdu chaillu: explorations & adventures in equatorial africadavid livingstone: missionary travels and researches in south africaedward whymper: amongst the alps in the yearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe fifteen books are reprints made inhenry savage landor: in the forbidden land an account of a journey in tibetcarl bock: the head-hunters of borneo
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), did much to popularise the discoveries of layard and other travellersâinner hinges are very good with no splitsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepalace, nimrud)â, full-page plates printed on thick papers, and wood-cut engravingsinternally, in very good condition indeedno foxing; only occasional spotting marks to few pagesthe text is very clean, and plates are bright (please see pictures)vaux's knowledge was large and varied, more especially in all that related to oriental antiquitiesownersâ name, and date , with neat ink on first title pagenineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries illustrated with frontispiece, folding map and full-page engravings item description a facilitating volume providing an in depth look at nineveh and persepolis with recent (for that time) discoveriescondition solid and firm boardsall pages are tightly held at the gutterrebound in brown boards with gilt lettering within purple labels on spinethe book is illustrated, with fold out âmap of part of western asia, the ancient assyria, media, susiana & persiaâ, frontispiece of âthe king (ncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by arthur hall, virtue, & co, london (mdcccl, )his nineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries (th edâvaux was born in in oxfordplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibook dimensions: 18 x 13 cm & number of pages: 437wear at extremities
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