Austen Henry Layard 229084

Popularer Bericht uber due Ausgrabungen zu Niniveh

Dyk, 1852. Gekartonneerd. Pp: 228. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

De SlegteProfessional seller

Book number: 1623857

Catalogue: Geschiedenis

AUSTEN H. LAYARD

Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon> with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert> being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum.

John Murray, 1853. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. pp. xxiii, [1, errata], 686, [2, publisher's list of standard works]> woodcuts in the text and plates, plans, maps [some folding]. Collated complete. Original blind stamped cloth, dull and mottled, a little shaken, with previous owner's name to the title page. A decent sound copy.

Michael S. Kemp - BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 44487

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Travel

Austen Henry LAYARD

Etat de la Turquie et de ses dépendances. Discours prononcé à la chambre des Communes le 29 Mai, 1863

John Murray | London 1863 | 14 x 22 cm | broché John Murray | London 1863 | 14 x 22 cm | broché | Edition originale de la traduction française. Dos fendu comportant des manques, rousseurs sur la première garde. Rare. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]

Librairie Le Feu FolletProfessional seller

Book number: "66799

Catalogue: Histoire - Éditions originales

LAYARD, AUSTEN HENRY

The Italian Schools of Painting, Part Two of Two. Based on the Handbook of Kruger

London, John Murray. 1907. hardcover. Used, Part two of two. Red cloth boards show light wear, sunned on spine, cloth a little worn at head and tail of spine. Gilt titles. Previous owner's name on first interior page; contents otherwise clean and sound throughout. With nearly 250 illustrations. Sixth Edition, Reprint with Amendments. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 237573

Catalogue: Art & Photography

Austen Henry Layard

The Monuments of Nineveh, from Drawings Made on the Spot

London, John Murray, 1849. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important account of excavations at Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard. A collection of plates from this noted work. These plates were drawn during Layard's expedition to explore the ruins of Assyria. He had met Sir Stafford Canning in Constantinople in 1842 who then encouraged and assisted this 1845 expedition. The trip was in part sponsored by trustees of the British Museum. During this expedition Layard stayed in the neighbourhood of Mosul and carried out expeditions in Kuyunjik and Nimrud. This work was published to illustrated the antiquities described by Layard in the work 'Nineveh and Its Remains&apos. With 90/102 named plates to the contents (there is a plate 7a and a plate 95a included in the 102, the plates reach 100 on their numbering). Lacking plates 2, 13, 14, 17, 19, 30, 66, 70, 71, 77, 78, and 79. Second title page to part II. Descriptions to each of the plates at the start of the first volume. Neatly trimmed fragments of plates 66, 71, 30, 19, 17, 14, 13 loosely inserted in a pocket. to part II. The plates to these volumes are extremely bright. A smart example of this fascinating work. In half morocco bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, rubbed. Rubbing is heaviest to the joints and to the leather extremities. Heavy loss to the spines. Front board to part I is cocked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Austen Henry Layard. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 674L7

Catalogue: Ethnography

Keywords: Nineveh Assyrian Cuneiform Illustrations Assyrian Austen Henry Layard

LAYARD, AUSTEN HENRY

Nineveh and its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Enquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians: Volume I

London, John Murray Publishers. 1849. Hardcover. Used, Volume I. Hardcover with red decorated boards, no dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Includes several plates, illustrations and fold out plans. Boards are slightly scuffed and marked. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, with some surface peeling on the spine. Page block is rough cut, tanned and blemished. Spine is slightly cocked. FEP has been removed. Foxing on the first and last few pages, and spots of foxing on some of the pages within. Binding is sound, and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 614401

Catalogue: History - General

LAYARD, AUSTEN HENRY

Nineveh and its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Enquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians: Volume II

London, John Murray Publishers. 1849. Hardcover. Used, Volume II. Hardcover with red decorated boards, no dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Includes several plates, illustrations and fold out plans. Boards are slightly scuffed and marked. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, with some surface peeling on the spine. Page block is rough cut, tanned and blemished. Spine is slightly cocked. FEP has been removed. Foxing on the first and last few pages, and spots of foxing on some of the pages within. Ink smudges on page 212 and 213. Binding is sound, and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 614402

Catalogue: History - General

LAYARD, AUSTEN HENRY

Nineveh and Babylon: A Narrative of a Second Expedition to Assyria During the Years 1849,1850, & 1851

London, John Murray Publishers. 1874. Hardcover. Used, Half-bound hardcover with marbled boards, no dust jacket, and complementary marbled page block, pastedowns and endpapers, in very good condition for its age. Boards are scuffed, with some surface colour loss noted. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, with a chip to the rear upper edge. Page block head is tanned. Bookplate on front pastedown. Hinge breaks noted, however binding remains sound and pages are clear. LW. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 614450

Catalogue: History - General

Austen Henry Layard

Nineveh and Its Remains

London, John Murray, 1849 . Cloth. The third edition of Austen Henry Layard's account of the excavation of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, illustrated throughout. A fascinating historical work on the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. Written by Austen Henry Layard, an English Assyriologist, art historian and politician, best known as the excavator of Nineveh.Nineveh was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, located in modern-day Iraq. For many years it was considered the largest city in the world, but was abandoned in the late 13th century. With seventeen plates to volume I, including four folding plates, and with a folding map to the rear, and with thirteen plates to volume II, including two folding. Collated, complete.In the original pictorial cloth bindings, with the publisher's advertisements to the paste-downs and free endpapers.With former owner's inscriptions to the head of each title page.The third edition of this work, published in the same year as the first. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip head and tails, with light fading to spines, and small closed tears to the head and tail of the second volume. Front hinge of volume I lightly strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Inscriptions to title page heads. Light spotting to title pages and plate perimeters, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 868F23

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: nineveh a h layard archaeology babylon a h layard Not Stated

LAYARD AUSTEN HENRY

A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh

London, John Murray. 1851. Half Calf, 8vo. Book measures 18.5x12.5.cm. xxiii, 360pp, text illustrations, 5 folding plates. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling, leather title label. Binding rubbed, scuffed on edges, with some loss. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean well bound copy. F. Very Good.

George Jeffery BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 015382

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: nineveh