Nineveh and its Remains. With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Enquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians

2 vols., sm. 8vo., First Edition, Seventh Thousand, with tinted lithographed frontispieces, numerous engraved plates (a number folding) and illustrations in the text, and large folding map at end of first volume, neat uniform contemporary signature on blank prelimiary of each volume, map with two short tears at folds; handsomely bound in full olive calf, sides with multiple frame borders stopped at corners by rosettes all in gilt, bevelled boards, backs with raised bands tooled in gilt, second and third compartments with leather labels (black and red respectively) tooled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, doublures richly tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy in splendid contemporary binding.