Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894, Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon , 1853
- Title(s):
- 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 / by Austen H. Layard ...
- Published/Created:
- London : John Murray, 1853.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, [1], 686 p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS70 L435 1853Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3413641
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 364
BEIN 1993 455: Autograph of G.N. Douglas dated Edinburgh Oct. 2nd 1885 on half title.
BEIN 1993 4f5: "Map to illustrate Mr. Layars journeys in Assyria ..." mounted and signed: G.N. Douglas, Edinburgh, Oct. 2nd 1885 mounted Karlsuhe Oct. 12th 1885. From the library of Archie Douglas.
BAC: This copy is the Abbey copy.
BAC: Binder's ticket: Bound by Remnant & Edmonds.
BAC: British Art Center copy contains manuscript notes.
BAC: Published simultaneously with the New York edition. Slight variation in title, i.e. Discoveries among the ruins of Ninevah and Babylond.
BAC: Bound in gold-stamped green publishers binding.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Printed by Spottiswoode and Shaw, New Street Square.
Illustrations by Nicholas Chevalier; after S. C. Malan and Frederick Charles Cooper. - Subject Terms:
- Babylon (Extinct city) -- Description and travel.Douglas, Archibald, 1899–Douglas, Archie -- Ownership.Douglas, Norman, 1868–1952 -- Autograph.Lithography -- Specimens -- 1853.Middle East -- Description and travel.Murray, John -- Publisher.Nineveh (Extinct city) -- Description and travel.Remnant & Edmonds -- Binder.Spottiswoode and Shaw -- Printer.Voyages and travels.
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