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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated archaeological study of Babylonia, with folding maps to the rear. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twelve images across seven plates, nineteen in-text diagrams, and two folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed archaeological study of the site at Opis, with chapters on Ancient Mesopotamia, the march of the ten thousand, the invasion by the Emperor Julian A.D. 363, and Babylon. Written by Lieutenant-Colonel William Horsburgh Lane, a British archaeologist, topographer, writer, and monster-hunter who published two works on the Loch Ness Monster having retired in the area. With an introduction from Professor Stephen Herbert Langdon, an American-born British assyriologist. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor shelf wear and fading to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…