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MEMOIR ON THE RUINS OF BABYLON. by Rich, Claudius James - 1815.

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London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; and J. Murray, Albemarle Street; by Richard and Arthur Taylor, Shoe Lane, 1815.. 1815.. Fair. - sc - Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Disbound, lacking the covers. iv & 67 pages plus the colophon, illustrated with a folding map of "The Ruins of Babylon on the East Bank of the Euphrates" and 2 engraved plates. The printer's pictorial device illustrates the colophon page. A piece of the front edge of the folding map is torn away at the fold, but is present. There is some minor foxing and soiling. Else, a very good complete copy of this scarce book which would be well-worth binding. <p>The scarce first edition.<p>Claudius James Rich's report originally appeared in a Viennese journal entitled "Mines de l'Orient". This first edition was printed in England before the author had the opportunity to correct numerous topographical errors.
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  • Publisher London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; and J. Murray, Albemarle Street; by Richard and Arth
  • Date Published 1815.
  • Keywords ARCHAEOLOGY; EXPLORATION; MEMOIR OF THE RUINS OF BABYLON; EXCAVATION; FIRST EDITION; CLAUDIUS JAMES RICH; 1ST EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PRINTS; ENGRAVINGS; ENGRAVED; FOLDING MAP; THE RUINS OF BABYLON ON

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. Originally published in Vienna in a journal entitled Mines de l'Orient, this second edition printed in London in 1816 has been nicely rebound in 1/4 calf with gilt titling and marble boards. Bookplate on front pastedown and biographical entry on Rich taped to new front endpaper. Original pages and plates all in very good condition. 67 pp. 3 plates. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
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Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon [volume II: Second Memoir on Babylon: Containing an Inquiry into the Correspondence between the Ancient Descriptions of Babylon and the Remains still visible on the Site].

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London, Longman, Hurst, et al., 1815-1818. Two volumes in one, 8vo. Slightly later slate cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. iv, 67; [iv], 58, 6 engraved plates (3 folding); spine and extremities a little worn; offsetting from first plate to title, a little toned or spotted in places; otherwise very good. Second English edition of volume one, first of volume II, Rich's earliest and rarest contribution to Mesopotamian archaeology. The first memoir had been published previously in German in Hammer-Purgstall's Mines de l'Orient in Vienna. Rich was a talented linguist had who travelled widely in Asia Minor. Posted to Egypt during the early part of his career, he travelled from there, in Mamluk disguise, to Syria, Palestine, Damascus, Baghdad and Basra. In 1810 he was appointed the East India Company's resident in Baghdad. Rich was 'apparently fluent in Turkish, Arabic and Persian and familiar with Syriac and Chinese as well as French, Greek, Latin and Hebrew. [He] first visited Babylon in December 1811… Read More
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1815-1818. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". None. An extremely scarce, finely bound, first edition of Claudius James Rich's two historical works on Babylon. Being the first edition of his 'Memoirs of Babylon' and his 'Second Memoir of Babylon'. Illustrated, with three plates to the first volume, and three plates to the second volume. With publishers' adverts to the second volume. Library bookplate to the front pastedown for Worcester Library. With their blind stamp to the plates. Claudius Rich was a traveller and antiquarian scholar. He was appointed a cadet in the East India Company's service, which allowed him to travel to Constantinople. He then proceeded to Alexandria as an assistant to the British consul-general, where he learned Arabic. He then travelled much of the Middle East and Asia. Upon moving to Baghdad as the British Resident in 1808, he devoted his time to investigating the geography, history and… Read More
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