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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 countrythis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishersâ worksinternally; is almost gooddiscoveries 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 artefactssome rubbing to front inner hingeslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean conditiona 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 explorationcondition wear at extremitiesoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)plates are brightsome pencil writing on front free endpaperoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionsecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagespages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingplease 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 engravingsnot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pagespublished by john murray, londonthe 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 catawikititles in gilt to spinerubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spinebook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4
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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 country5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workcondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornerslacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storediscoveries 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 artefactsinternally; is almost goodoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regiontop of spine cover missingplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesecurely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagespublished by john murray, londonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikititles in gilt to spineno writing or inscriptionsbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4richly 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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layard's travelsare 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 markeda veru beautiful setwith all plates and 2 folding maps: syria and mrregistered shippingthe books are otherwise intact and cleanour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeâin he started his excavations in the hill of nimrud on the tigris at the mouth of the great zabâ this set: original cloth ties with decorations, xii, 353, xii, 305 ppwhat 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 baghdadhe had turned the study of ancient mesopotamia into a scienceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesoon he was a popular guest of the highest circlesvolume 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, indexcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available) he shipped everything he found to london, where his finds caused a sensation
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidu chaillu: explorations & adventures in equatorial africasir ernest shackleton: south the story of shackleton's last exprdition cburton: first footsteps in east africa or an exploration of harar two volumescaptain sir richard four weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeedward whymper: amongst the alps in the yearcarl bock: the head-hunters of borneofrederick courteney selous: travel and adventure in south-east africahenry savage landor: in the forbidden land an account of a journey in tibetbrowne: a year amongst the persiansspeke: journal of the discovery of the source of the nile mdccclxiiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepeary: the north poledavid livingstone: missionary travels and researches in south africalaurence oliphant: a journey to katmanduthe fifteen books are reprints made inlayard: discoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylongeorge barrington: an account of a voyage to new south walescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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), did much to popularise the discoveries of layard and other travellersâwear at extremitiesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeinner hinges are very good with no splitsno foxing; only occasional spotting marks to few pageshis nineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries (th edownersâ name, and date , with neat ink on first title pagethe book is illustrated, with fold out âmap of part of western asia, the ancient assyria, media, susiana & persiaâ, frontispiece of âthe king (nnineveh 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) discoveriesthe text is very clean, and plates are bright (please see pictures)palace, nimrud)â, full-page plates printed on thick papers, and wood-cut engravingsâvaux was born in in oxfordcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevaux's knowledge was large and varied, more especially in all that related to oriental antiquitiespublished by arthur hall, virtue, & co, london (mdcccl, )all pages are tightly held at the gutterplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition solid and firm boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirebound in brown boards with gilt lettering within purple labels on spinebook dimensions: 18 x 13 cm & number of pages: 437internally, in very good condition indeed
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