[Rarebooks] FS: Ancient Persian Sassanian Silver -Oxus Treasure

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: "The Treasure of the Oxus with other examples of Early Oriental
Metal-Work"

By O.M. Dalton.
Published in London by the Trustees of the British Museum: 1964. 3rd.
edition.

DISCUSSION: The first edition of this important work was published in
1905, and featured the ”Oxus Treasure”, a horde of ancient Achaemenid
silver and gold which had been discovered in the 1870s. The second,
expanded edition, published in 1926 added a substantial quantity of early
Iranian, mostly Sassanian, gold and silverwork from the Museum’s
collections, which was all carefully described. That edition also featured
Dalton’s “masterly” introductory essay placing the collection into the
context of Achaemenid art and history. This third edition retains Dalton’s
text, with a few minor additions and corrections, but features a
completely new set of photographs, making it the preferred and definitive
edition of the catalog.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, lxxvi + 75 pages, plus 41 black & white
plates; dust jacket; bibliography.

CONDITION NOTES: Light wear, a little soil, but in clean, tight condition.

PRICE: $250.00

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