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    By Austen H. Layard
    London   John Murray
    9" by 6" xxiii, 686, [2]pp.
    A smaer first edition following Sir Austen Henry Layard's significant second archaeological expedition to Nineveh and Babylon, with folding plates.
    By Austen H. Layard

    1853 Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon; with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert

    London   John Murray
    9" by 6" xxiii, 686, [2]pp.
    A smaer first edition following Sir Austen Henry Layard's significant second archaeological expedition to Nineveh and Babylon, with folding plates.
    £185.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 984B10
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    First edition of the work bound in brown calf leather.

    Featuring a folding frontispiece, nine black-and-white plates, four of which are folded, and two folding maps at the rear of the book. Collated complete.

    From Sir Austen Henry Layard, renowned archaeologist, Assyriologist and politician, among other interests.

    This text details Layard's second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the British Museum, following his 1852 publication A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh, an abridged version of the 1849 Nineveh and its Remains.

    Condition

    Bound in full brown calf. Externally, generally smart with bumping and rubbing, especially to spine and spine tips. Marking to front and rear boards. Moderate damp staining to front board. Bookplate from Francis E. B. Witts to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the exception of slight spotting and significant tide marks to the first sixteen pages, including the first folding plate. Ink insciption from previous owner on half-title page.

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