Author: RAWLINSON, George.
Title: The sixth great Oriental monarchy; or the geography, history, & antiquities of Parthia, collected and illustrated from ancient and modern sources.
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (spine rubbed; 1 hinge dam. but holding). With coloured lithographed frontispiece, 2 folding maps and several illustrations. XIII,458 pp. First edition. - Description of Parthia, the northeastern part of present-day Iran. Rawlinson (1812-1902) summarised for his generation in scholarly form the results of research and excavation in the East, in a series of works of considerable constructive ability which have hardly yet been superseded in English (D.N.B.). - One of two of the most important modern works on the history of the region and its inhabitants (Encyclopaedia Britannica). - (Some foxing). Wilson p.184.
Keywords: Iran Middle East
Title: The sixth great Oriental monarchy; or the geography, history, & antiquities of Parthia, collected and illustrated from ancient and modern sources.
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (spine rubbed; 1 hinge dam. but holding). With coloured lithographed frontispiece, 2 folding maps and several illustrations. XIII,458 pp. First edition. - Description of Parthia, the northeastern part of present-day Iran. Rawlinson (1812-1902) summarised for his generation in scholarly form the results of research and excavation in the East, in a series of works of considerable constructive ability which have hardly yet been superseded in English (D.N.B.). - One of two of the most important modern works on the history of the region and its inhabitants (Encyclopaedia Britannica). - (Some foxing). Wilson p.184.
Keywords: Iran Middle East
Price: EUR 192.50 = appr. US$ 209.22 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 15166
- Book number: 15166