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Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Chaldaean, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian, Persian, and Other Writers; With an Introductory Dissertation, and an Inquiry into the Philosophy and Trinity of the Ancients.
by Cory, Isaac Preston
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, William Pickering, 1832. Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. (iv), lix, 361, (1 errata). Numerous pagination errors. Handsome device to title-page; half-title present. HARDCOVER, bound in polished quarter calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, binding bit rubbed at extremities, corner-tips bit worn; few pages with scholarly notes in pencil and pen, last three blanks with extensive such notes. Handsome copy in a very good condition. ~ Second, best edition. Isaac Preston Cory (1802-1842). C-1
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- Librarium of The Hague
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- 6447
- Title
- Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Chaldaean, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian, Persian, and Other Writers; With an Introductory Dissertation, and an Inquiry into the Philosophy and Trinity of the Ancients.
- Author
- Cory, Isaac Preston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - .
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London, William Pickering
- Date Published
- 1832
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION EXCAVATIONS EXPLORATION EXPLORATIONS SURVEY SURVEYS GEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGICAL GEOLOGY ARCHEOLOGY CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY STUDIES NEAR FAR EAST GREECE GREEK ROME ROMAN EGYPT MEDIEVAL POSTMEDIAEVAL HISTORY P E
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology: Ancient Egypt; Egyptology;
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About Librarium of The Hague
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Device
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Marbled boards
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- Spine
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