Author: Rawlinson, George.
Title: The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy / or the Geography, History, and Antiquities of the Sassanian or New Persan Empire / Collected and Illustrated from Ancient and Modern Sources by George Rawlinson.
Description: London: Longmans, Green, and Co. / New York: Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, 1876. 1876. - Thick octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine.The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped. There are stains to the spine, the tail is lightly chipped & the head is heavily chipped with pieces out. The top third of the front joint is torn. xxi & 691 pages & 43-page publisher's catalog. The hinges are cracked. The pastedowns & endpapers are stained. There is occasional soiling & the page edges are darkend. Color frontispiece, folding color map and black-and-white plates & textual illustrations. Good working copy.

First edition. Good .

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; ANTIQUITIES; SASSANIAN EMPIRE; NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE; GEORGE RAWLINSON; WESTERN ASIA; ARMENIA; PERSIA; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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