DISCOVERIES IN THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON; With Travels In Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition, etc.

Published by London John Murray 1853

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2 volumes. First edition, in the scarcest two volume format. With a great profusion of large folding maps, plates from woodcuts and fine lithographic plates, a number tinted, and with extensive illustrations throughout the text, a vast array and all important for the understanding of Layard's brilliant discoveries. 8vo, publisher's original ribbed brown cloth beautifully decorated with blindstamped borders around the figure of an Assyrian King. The King is depicted in gilt on the upper covers and blind on the lower. The spines also decorated in blind and with gilt lettering. xxiii, 336; 337-686, [2 ads]. A very fine copy in the uncommon two volume format., one of the brightest we have seen, the bindings tight and strong, the text-blocks clean and bright, probably a never used copy but for the unfolding of maps, near as pristine. FIRST EDITION, VERY SCARCE IN THE TWO VOLUME FORMAT. This is an extensive and detailed description and interpretation of Layard’s excavations at Ninevah and Babylon. In two separate trips, Layard was the first to discover and excavate the ancient city of Nineveh. Maps and engravings illustrate not only the physical site and remains, they also illustrate the excavation itself. This book is of special interest for its work in the translation of the cuneiform script of the region-- a very new area of study at the time and still subject to argument and revision. Translation of the cuneiform text would open up a new understanding both in the archeology of the region and its importance to ancient classical scriptures.…

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Title
DISCOVERIES IN THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON; With Travels In Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition, etc.
Author
Layard Austen H
Publisher
London John Murray 1853
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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Buddenbrooks has one of the finest selections of fine and rare books in several fields and we invite you to visit us at our new premises in Newburyport, Massachusetts where have an open "brick and mortar" bookshop. We are also available to meet with clients in Boston by appointment only, where we have maintained a presence for over 40 years. We offer a search service for any books, old or new, which you may have been unable to find. Please call for further information, we look forward to hearing from you.…

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