Nineveh and Its Palaces: the discoveries of Botta and Layard, applied to the elucidation of the Holy Writ guadeloupe first printings

first printings

although a more complete description appears in his first work

all numbered and correctly placed

tips of corners worn

Nineveh and Its Palaces: the discoveries of Botta and Layard, applied to the elucidation of the Holy Writ guadeloupe first printingsLondon : Ingram, Cooke, 1853 The discoveries of Botta and Layard, applied to the elucidation of Holy Writ. Second Edition, revised. Demy 8vo (22cm); xx, (2), (430) pp; Engraved frontispiece plus seven further plates, one map, and 273 illusts in the text. Full calf binding with ornate gilt decorations to the panelled spine, black morocco title label; marbled endpapers and page edges; endpapers and titlepage slightly spotted. A really fresh and bright