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    By Austen Henry Layard
    London   John Murray
    8" by 5.5" XXIII [2], 2-360PP
    A beautifully illustrated single volume abridgement of Sir Austen Henry Layard's major work. In a vibrant full calf binding.
    By Austen Henry Layard

    1852 A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh

    London   John Murray
    8" by 5.5" XXIII [2], 2-360PP
    A beautifully illustrated single volume abridgement of Sir Austen Henry Layard's major work. In a vibrant full calf binding.
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    Description

    Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    An abridged single volume edition of English Assyriologist Austen Henry Layard's 1848-1849 work, 'Nineveh and Its Remains'. In a bright full calf binding.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece, five folding plates, and numerous vignette engravings. Collated, complete.

    A fascinating abridged account of the author's excavations at Kuyunjik and Nimrud, and his discovery that Kuyunjik was the site of Nineveh, an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in modern day Northern Iraq.

    Condition

    In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing. Rubbing to joints. Externally, bright. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.

    Very Good

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