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Ferguson, Rev. R NINEVEH AND ITS RUINS, or The History Of The Great City , 463 Oxford Street, London: T. J. Allman.Decorative Cloth. Good +. Stunning Chromolithograph Frontispiece and Title Page, protected by tissue guard. Well Illustrated History with many good line drawings. Chapters include " The three Great Cities", "The Scripture Account of the Great City", "The Overthrow and Ruin of the Great City", "Remarkable discovery of the ruins of Ancient Nineveh" and "The Assyrian Court in the Crystal Palace Sydenham". Original purple textured cloth cover with faded Gilt decoration, Title and central illustration to front. Beveled Edges. All Page Edges bright Gilt. Nice old Presentation Bookplate, dated 1865, pasted to endpaper. 9 3/4" Tall. Cover colour mostly faded (see photo). Some wear to corners and spine ends. Hinges sound, binding firm, pages in very nice clean condition. (Book ref. 007574) £140.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Aesop Attic Bookstore , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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