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DAVIS, NATHAN. Carthage and her remains: being an account of the excavations and researches on the site of the Phoenician metropolis in Africa, and other adjacent places
New York, Harper & Bros, 1861. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xiv, [2], [17]-504, [2] ads; wood- engraved frontis, 3 folding maps and plans, 3 plates, and 26 wood-engraved illus. in the text. a few full-p.; spine slightly rubbed, else very good in orig. blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine and upper cover. Davis (1812-1882) spent many of his years in northern Africa. "From 1856 to 1858 he was engaged on behalf of the British Museum in excavations at Carthage and Utica" of which this is a popular account.
Offered for US$ 325.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 27419