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(ASSYRIAN INSCRIPTIONS - AUSTIN HENRY LAYARD). Inscriptions in the cuneiform character from Assyrian monuments, discovered by A.H. Layard, D.C.L.
London: printed by Harrison and Son... sold at the British Museum; by Longman and Co.; and W. Pickering. 1851. Folio, (3), 98ff (cuneiform text printed recto only). Orig. cloth-backed boards (lightly worn at extremities), printed label at upper cover. Museum stamps at title, a very good copy with fresh, clean text. ¶ First Edition of this wholly type-set text volume with the fine cuneiform types cut in 1843 for Rawlinson's Memoir. Most of the inscriptions are from Nimroud and Kouyounjik, along with a few from Kalah Shergat, Karamles, Negoub, the Mound of Nebbi Yunus, Susiana and Palou.
Offered for US$ 425.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 5686.