Spring Fine Art and Collectibles Auction
Lot 102:
Description
Museum of Antiquity. A Description of Ancient Life. The Employments, Customs and Habits, the Cities, Palaces, Monuments, and Tombs, the Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago. By L.W. Yaggy and T.L. Haines. Printed in New York by Standard Publishing House. 1880-82 first edition. 944 pp. 9.5 x 6.5 . 8vo. Hardcover 3/4 leather. Marbled edges to pages. Profusely illustrated throughout by various black-and-white engravings. A scarce late 19th Century work on ancient history, art, archeology, and more, with emphasis placed on Pompeii, Troy, Babylon, and Egypt.
Condition report:
In good condition, with minor scuffing, remains well bound
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