Item #644129 Travels And Researches In Chaldaea And Susiana; With an Account of Excavations at Warka, The 'Erech' of Nimrod, and Shush, 'Shushan The Palace' of Esther, in 1849-52. Under the orders of Major-General Sir W. F. Williams of Kars, Bart., K.C.B., M.P., and also of the Assyrian Excavation Fund in 1853-4. William Kennett Loftus.

Travels And Researches In Chaldaea And Susiana; With an Account of Excavations at Warka, The 'Erech' of Nimrod, and Shush, 'Shushan The Palace' of Esther, in 1849-52. Under the orders of Major-General Sir W. F. Williams of Kars, Bart., K.C.B., M.P., and also of the Assyrian Excavation Fund in 1853-4

Robert Carter & Brothers, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #644129

A Very Good copy of the First American Edition in the original plum cloth stamped in gilt and blind (spine tips nicked, corners and edges have wear; cloth has some spotting). Complete with 3 folding maps, 4 plates, illustrations in text (one map mis-creased but very good). Account of the pioneering excavations that changed history.

Price: $350.00

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