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Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert
by Austen Henry Layard
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1931956502
- ISBN 13
- 9781931956505
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Gorgias Press, 2002. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Gorgias Press, 2002. Hardcover, xxiii, 686 pages : illustrations, maps. First Gorgias Press Edition, 2002. Very good in very good dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Previous owner's name and date in ink on front paste-down. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing to edges. light overall scuffing to jacket as well Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From front jacket flap] The sequel to his first travelogue Nineveh and Its Remains (also available from Gorgias Press), Austen Henry Layard describes in this volume the second expedition he undertook to Nineveh, this time on behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum, Layard not only describes the ancient past through his excavations, but also narrates a detailed account of his travels through Mesopotamia, Armenia and Kurdistan. "His narrative," describes Kimberly Hoffstatter, "became a medium through which the ruins could tell their story. Ruins, for Layard, had their own personalities and voices. His words raise questions of cultural imperialism and epistemology central to modern critical debates." Working prior to the age of photography, Layard recorded his finds in detailed drawings where he illustrated for the very first time evidence of the antiquity and cultural achievements of ancient Mesopotamia, especially Assyria. This volume contains reproduction of over 200 of Layard's own drawings.
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- Epilonian Books
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- 20230830001
- Title
- Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert
- Author
- Austen Henry Layard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1931956502
- ISBN 13
- 9781931956505
- Publisher
- Gorgias Press
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- Archeology; Antiquities
- X weight
- 45 oz
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