Assyria; Her Manners and Customs, Arts and Arms, Restored from her Monuments
by GOSSE, Philip Henry;
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- Hardcover
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- first
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About This Item
London, S. P. C. K., 1852, First edition. . contemporary full grained black morocco, gilt-ruled, raised bands, gilt title lettering on spine, marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate of Paddy Latham, minor foxing but mostly clean, edges lightly rubbed, very good sound copy. . 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; xviii, 642 pp, engraved map frontis by J. Archer, numerous engraved illustrations, including 3 signed by J. W. Whimper, index. . Freeman and Weertheimer 57. The author is primarily known as a marine biologist and the writer of many famous books in that area. He also wrote several book on the Middle East, this one based in part on the texts of Botta, Layard and Rawlinson and on his own studies. Many of the illustrations are from the author's sketches of objects in the British Museum. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J7670
- Title
- Assyria; Her Manners and Customs, Arts and Arms, Restored from her Monuments
- Author
- GOSSE, Philip Henry;
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary full grained black morocco, gilt-ruled, raised bands, gilt title lettering on spine, marbled edges and endpapers, b
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, S. P. C. K., 1852, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; xviii, 642 pp,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Asia;
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