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Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated..
Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated..
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated..
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 2.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 3.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 4.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 5.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 6.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 7.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 8.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 9.
  • Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated. — photograph 10.

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated.

Yaggy, L.W. and Haines, T.L. · New York

Author
Yaggy, L.W. and Haines, T.L.
Date
1882
Place
New York
Publisher
Standard Publishing House
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(6.25" x 9") Quarter black pebbled calf with corners, fancy gilt rule to all leather edges, over brown cloth beveled boards, uper cover with centered fancy gilt lettered title. Spine with four gilt decorated bands creating five compartments, gilt title to gilt rule framed second compartment, gilt "Illustrated" to gilt rule framed fourth compartment, others with gilt rule and fancy gilt rule and corners framing a centered large gilt device, gilt rule to head and foot of spine. All edges marbled, marbled ednpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to tips, larger loss to rear upper corner (see pic). Head of spine chipped with loss, fabric boards are stained, scuffed with small gouge to foot of rear cover. Professional tape reinforcement to gutters, intermittent foxing, small dampstain to edge of textblock at foot, four line gift inscription to front free flyleaf. Illustrated with seven steel plate engravings and numerous in-text illustrations.
Category
History & Americana
Record
S.I.6985

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, The Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. Illustrated.

Author: Yaggy, L.W. (1848-1912) and Haines, T.L.

8vo.(6.25" x 9") 1882. Yaggy, L.W. and Haines, T.L. New York. Standard Publishing House. Quarter black pebbled calf with corners, fancy gilt rule to all leather edges, over brown cloth beveled boards, upper cover with centered fancy gilt lettered title. Spine with four gilt decorated bands creating five compartments, gilt title to gilt rule framed second compartment, gilt "Illustrated" to gilt rule framed fourth compartment, others with gilt rule and fancy gilt rule and corners framing a centered large gilt device, gilt rule to head and foot of spine. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to tips, larger loss to rear upper corner (see pic). Head of spine chipped with loss, fabric boards are stained, scuffed with small gouge to foot of rear cover. Professional tape reinforcement to gutters, intermittent foxing, small dampstain to edge of textblock at foot, four-line gift inscription to front free flyleaf. Illustrated with seven steel plate engravings and numerous in-text illustrations.

From the Web: L. W. Yaggy 1848-1912 was an inventor, publisher and author beat known for his publishing of maps used in the educational system.

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