Babylonian and Assyrian laws, contracts and letters.: Volume VI, of "The Library of Ancient Inscriptions
by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter), 1857-1920
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Ancient world 773Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter), 1857-1920. Babylonian and Assyrian laws, contracts and letters. Birmingham,Alabama: Gryphon Editions, 1987, xxi, 424p, index. Full calf, as new. Plus a facsimile of the Edinburgh, 1904 first edition of Babylonian and Assyrian Laws. Full gilt decorated red calf, all edges gilt, gilt decorations on front and back cover panels, gilt lettering on spine. This work is Volume VI, of "The Library of Ancient Inscriptions." This special edition of Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters has been privately printed for the members of The Legal Classics Library. A really striking book, beautifully produced, only minor drawback is the gilt on the side paper edge has some minor flaking, I'd guess you'd call it fine. $55.00
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- Ancient world 773
- Title
- Babylonian and Assyrian laws, contracts and letters.
- Author
- Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter), 1857-1920
- Format/Binding
- Fine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gryphon Editions,
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, Alabama:
- Date Published
- 1987,
- Pages
- xxi, 424
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ancient World, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Iraq, Assyria, Laws, Legal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient World; Mesopotamia; Assyria and Assyrians; Laws and legal history; From the Levant to the Indus;
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