Author: Leonard Cottrell
Title: The Land of Shinar
Description: London, Souvenir Press, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A splendid copy of this historical work exploring the ancient land of Shinar and how it was discovered. The first edition of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. British author and journalist Leonard Cottrell offers a rich exploration into the once long forgotten civilisation of Shinar, the southern region of Mesopotamia. He discusses its fascinating myths, King-Lists, religious texts to emphasise its significance as the cradle of mankind. Illustrated with eight monochrome plates containing images to each side. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with very faint shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and marks to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Numerous Illustrators. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: The Land of Shinar Egypt History Illustrated Egypt Numerous Illustrators


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