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Ninevah and Its Palaces : The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of the Holy Writ
by Bonomi, Joseph
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
€116.32€81.43
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About This Item
London: Ingram, Cooke & Co , 1853. Revised and updted from the first edition released the previous year. Written by the noted Egyptologist and Museum Curator who set up the Egyptian Court in the Crystal Palace. CONDITION Red cloth with bright gilt and blind embossed decoration, pp xx 428 lavishly illus with detailed engravings and map. Mostly crisp and bright with name to front end page, spine and tips worn. Overweight. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15752
- Title
- Ninevah and Its Palaces : The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of the Holy Writ
- Author
- Bonomi, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Ingram, Cooke & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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Ariel Books
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Auckland
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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