Explorations In Bible Lands During The 19th Century Ex- Long Beach Public Library Copy VG
by Hilprecht, H., V., -[Herman Volrath]-, et al
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Philadelphia: A. J. Holman & Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. in quite good condition; Sound/No Dust Jacket. Jumbo octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full library-bound brown cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xxiv, 809, indexed. Illustrated with 200+ b-w halftone plates and 4 maps &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Hilprecht was a German-American Assyriologist and archaeologist. In 1882, he spent two months in the British Museum studying cuneiform literature. He received his Ph.D. from Leipzig in 1883. He then spent two years in Switzerland for his health. From 1885 to 1886 he became an instructor in Old Testament theology at the University of Erlangen. In 1886, he left for the United States, where he became linguistic editor of the Sunday-School Times, and a professor of Assyrian at the University of Pennsylvania. Wiki has a good write-up on him
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- Title
- Explorations In Bible Lands During The 19th Century Ex- Long Beach Public Library Copy VG
- Author
- Hilprecht, H., V., -[Herman Volrath]-, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - in quite good condition; Sound
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. J. Holman & Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Near East Christianity Bible
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