A Popular Account Of Discoveries At Nineveh
by Austen Henry Layard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A very good example.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Murray. , 1861.. A very good example.. Binding: Full contemporary tan calf boards. Lower board detached. Upper and lower with decorative gilt framing. Wellington College coat-of-arms in gilt, with gilt lettering and year 1863 in gilt Roman numerals on upper. Spine with 5 raised bands in 6 compartments, densely gilted, with title in gilt in red label in 2. Decorative gilt pattern on board and spine edges. Gilt dentelles. Marbled paste-in and free endpapers. All edges marbled. , Notes: Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894) as an English Assyriologist, traveller, and politician. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and Nineveh., Size: 12mo.(181x119 mm). , Illustration: A very good example of this account detailing Layard’s discovery of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. With frontispiece and numerous wood engravings and plates, some folding out. , Category: Book Asia Middle East General; Book Antiquities;
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B6715
- Title
- A Popular Account Of Discoveries At Nineveh
- Author
- Austen Henry Layard
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good example.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861.
- Keywords
- Book Asia Middle East General; Book Antiquities;
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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- 12mo
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- Calf
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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