The hill of the graces. A record of investigation among the trilithons and megalithic sites of Tripoli . With ninety-eight illustrations and a map.

COWPER, Henry Swainson.

Verlag: London, Methuen & Co., '1897' [c. 1901]., 1897

Beschreibung

8vo, pp. xxii, [2], 327, [1], 48 (publisher's catalogue, November 1901); with photographic frontispiece, 2 plans (1 folding), large folding map, and numerous photographic and engraved illustrations in the text; a little foxing to endpapers and fore-edges; very good in original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette to upper cover; very slight wear to extremities.First edition, later issue, a nice copy. Cowper (1865-1941) travelled through Mesopotamia, Egypt, Tripoli, and Asia Minor. 'The "Hill of Graces" is principally the result of investigations carried on in Tripoli during two visits to that country . During the spring months of 1895 and 1896, I made two short journeys through the districts called Gharian, Tarhuna, and M'salata . to gain some information concerning the ancient megalithic ruins, which were known to exist in the hill range, and which . the figures and plans in the following pages will show to be far more novel in character . than has been hitherto suspected' (p. ix). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers T5058.123

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Titel: The hill of the graces. A record of ...

Verlag: London, Methuen & Co., '1897' [c. 1901].

Erscheinungsdatum: 1897

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage