NINEVEH AND ITS PALACES: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy Whit
by Bonomi, Joseph
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: George Bell & Sons (on title page) / Bohn's Libraries (on spine) , 1878. 537 pp. incl. index. Full green cloth, gilt spine letters; slightly edge worn, else very good. Pages sl. age-toned. 'Contents' pages v.-xvi. nearly loose gathering, else good. Text illust. B/w frontis litho, line map of Nineveh region. Folding plate of cuniform writing. Ex-Library Copy (?)--"accession" stamped neatly and "1528" in ink on front pastedown. No other markings. Archeological study of Nineveh, capital city of the Assyrian Empire, fl. 8th-7th centuries BC. . Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 860ANH
- Title
- NINEVEH AND ITS PALACES: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy Whit
- Author
- Bonomi, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell & Sons (on title page) / Bohn's Libraries (on spine)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- ANCIENT HISTORY WORLD HISTORY ARCHEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY NINEVEH CAPITAL CITY ASSYRIAN EMPIRE 8TH EIGHTH CENTURY 7TH SEVENTH CENTURY B. C. MIDDLE EAST MESOPOTAMIA NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Ancient History;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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