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 ...

Main entry:

Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : John Murray, 1853. (Spottiswoode and Shaw, New-Street-Square.)

Description:

xxiii, [1], 686, [2] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

Notes:
Copy [A] bequeathed by the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend.
UkLNAL
Copy [A] bound in tan cloth (library binding), retaining upper board of publisher's binding. 25 cm.
Copy [B] donated by John Forster.
Copy [B] is a presentation copy from the author.
Copy [C] bequeathed by John Jones.
Plates are lithographs or etchings; wood engravings in the text.
Publisher's advertisements on final leaf.
Publisher's binding of brown cloth with an illustration stamped in blind on boards and spine.
With a half-title reading: Discoveries in Nineveh and Babylon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subject:

Travel
Babylon (Extinct city)
Middle East Description and travel.
Nineveh (Extinct city)
Babylone (Ville ancienne)
Ninive (Ville ancienne)
Iraq Babylon (Extinct city)
Iraq Nineveh (Extinct city)
Middle East

Form/genre:

Booksellers' tickets England 1870-1899.
bands (binding components)
Blind-tooled bindings (gathered matter components.
Calf bindings.
Etchings.
Gold-tooled bindings (gathered matter components.
lettering pieces.
lithographs.
marbled paper.
Stained edges.
travel literature.
Wood engravings.
Lithographs
Annotations (Provenance)
Bookplates (Provenance).
Lithographies.

Added entries:

British Museum. Trustees.
John Murray (Firm), publisher.
National Art Library (Great Britain). Forster Collection.
National Art Library (Great Britain). Jones Collection.
National Art Library (Great Britain). Townshend Bequest.
Spottiswoode & Shaw (Firm), printer.
England London.

Discoveries in Nineveh and Babylon
Layard's Nineveh & Babylon

Holdings:

Location: Library main 22712
Call No.: PO14426
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit