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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 Author: Layard, Austen H. Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1853 Description: Folding frontispiece, 12 additional plates, three folding, plus 2 folding maps at rear, and numerous in-text illustrations. (8vo) 21.5x13.5 cm (8½x5½"), full calf, leather spine label titled in gilt, spine decorated in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. First Edition. Sir Austen Henry Layard was an English traveler, archeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine sunned, lightly worn, gutters beginning to split; bookplate on front pastedown, ownership marks, light foxing, very good. Lots sold without reserve are sold "as is" and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $25 for shipments to the US and $40 for shipments sent outside the US Please consider this when determining your bid amounts Item number: 332464a