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• Sir Henry Layard - Autobiography and Letters -

  

  ‘in he started his excavations in the hill of nimrud on the tigris at the mouth of the great zabwith 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 won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available’ 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 website

  65 €

• W. S. W. Vaux, M.A. - Nineveh and Persepolis: An Historical

  

  Inner hinges are very good with no splitsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepalace, nimrud)’, 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 antiquitiesowners’ 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 ‘map of part of western asia, the ancient assyria, media, susiana & persia’, frontispiece of ‘the king (ncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available), did much to popularise the discoveries of layard and other travellers”published 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 ed“vaux 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

  (England)

  78 €

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