Author: Walter Andrae [ed.]
Title: Coloured Ceramics from Ashur and Earlier Ancient Assyrian Wall-Paintings
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Walter Andrae's beautifully and vibrantly illustrated study of Assyrian ceramics and wall paintings. A scarce first edition.The editor of this work, Walter Andrae, was a German archaeologist and architect, who from 1903 to 1914 directed the excavation of the ancient Assyrian capital of Assur.Illustrated with thirty-six colour plates protected with tissue guards, and a further forty-eight vignette illustrations.Collated, complete. These illustrations come from photographs and water-colours by members of the Ashur expedition.A fascinating and scarce study of Assyrian art. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Rubbing to back strip head and tail, with significant rubbing to morocco spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with significant handling marks throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Ashur Assyrian Wall-Paintings ceramics wall paintings Assyrian Wall-Paintings assyria Not Stated


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