[Rarebooks] FS: Rich's Babylon (1839)

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We are pleased to offer today:

56.  Rich, Claudius James.  Narrative of a Journey to the Site of 
Babylon in 1811.  London: Duncan and Malcolm, 1839.  First edition, 
edited by Mary MacIntosh Rich.  “Memoir on the Ruins with Engravings 
from the Original Sketches by the Author; Remarks on the Topography of 
Ancient Babylon by Major Rennell; Second Memoir on the Ruins...with a 
Narrative of a Journey to Persepolis...with hitherto Unpublished 
Cuneiform Inscriptions Copied at Persepolis.” Blue cloth with gilt title 
on spine, folding map and lithographed plates.  Repaired spine, worn 
corners, final 40 pp. damp-stained (bottom third of page), rear hinge 
starting.     750 USD

Cordially,

William Van Nest

Trillium Antiquarian Books
1285 Albertus Avenue
Peterborough, ON  K9J 6A4
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705-749-0461
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