Austen Henry Layard
Nineveh and Its Remains
George P. Putnam
1849
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Finely bound first US edition of Layard's account of the city of Nineveh, including an account of a visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an inquiry into the manners and arts of the ancient Assyrians.
- Austen Henry Layard (English).
- New York: George P. Putnam, 1849.
- 2 volumes.
- Includes a frontispiece depicting an ancient scene of the destruction of monuments.
- Bound in three-quarter navy morocco with covers displaying an ornate Egyptian depiction of a god, raised bands with panels displaying gilt-tooled borders and label lettering, all edges gilt.
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Very GoodOccasional light wear and spotting to spine.
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