A history of art in Chaldea & Assyria : from French of Georges Perrot ... and Charles Chipiez. / Illustrated with four hundred and fifty-two engravings in the text and fifteen steel and coloured plates ... Tr. and ed. by Walter Armstrong ... [complete in two volumes]

Perrot, Georges (1832-1914) ; Chipiez, Charles (1835-1901) ; Armstrong, Walter, Sir (1850-1918) [ed ; trans]

1884, First Edition ; Publishers Proof Copy. London : Chapman and Hall ; New York : A. C. Armstrong. Publisher's proof copy with revision notes throughout. Externally poor, but internally well-preserved. As issued, lacking the retail edition's plates. Volume 1 lacks the front board; volume 2 lacks the rear board. The remaining boards are detached but reasonably well-preserved. The boards are half red leather over marbled paper, slightly scuffed and rubbed at the edges. Volume 1 spine cover substantially lacking; volume 2 spine cover lacking at the head and tail, with the remainder slightly scuffed. Internally tight, bright and free of foxing or dust-dulling. A unique set, internally well-preserved despite its external condition. Further scans, images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Item #459894

Physical description: complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes: Translation of Histoire de l'art dans l'antiquité. Subjects: Art, Assyrian -- History. Art, Babylonian -- History. Architecture, Assyrian. Architecture, Babylonian. Sculpture, Assyrian. Sculpture, Babylonian. Cylinder seals -- Iraq. Ivories, Ancient -- Iraq. Assyria -- Antiquities. Babylonia -- Antiquities. Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634.

Price: €150.00