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Musées et Collections Archéologiques de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie: [Vol. VI], Musée Lavigerie de Saint-Louis de Carthage (Part I) (1900); Vol. [VII], Musée Lavigerie de Saint-Louis de Carthage (Part II) (1899); [Vol. VIII], Musée Lavigerie de Saint-Louis de Carthage (Part III) (1900). 3 volumes (Complete)

Delattre, R. P Alfred Louis

Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1899-1900. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (15 x 11 3/4"). XIV, 279, [1]pp (Text), 36 loose leaves (Plates); 106, [2]pp (Text), 27 loose leaves (Plates); 69, [3]pp (Text), 13 loose leaves (Plates). Modern yellow cloth clamshell boxes, with black lettering to spines. Title pages in red and black lettering.

The following volumes are part of the "Musées et Collections Archéologiques de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie" series which was the very first survey of museums of Antiquities in French North Africa:

- Musée Lavigerie de Saint-Louis de Carthage, Part I (1900), Part II (1899), Part III (1900): This three-volume set of the antiquities of the Musée Lavigerie in Carthage represents the sixth, seventh, and eighth parts in the "Musées et Collections Archéologiques de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie" series. The author of this work is Reverend Père Alfred Louis Delattre of the order of the White Fathers, whose brilliant work in excavation on the site of ancient Carthage, covering a period of over forty years, has assembled the valuable collections housed in the Musée Lavigerie. The three portfolios are complete with their 73 striking photogravures depicting artifacts from the Punic, Roman, and Byzantine eras.

Ex-library copies, with library stamps on inside of each fly leaf. Minor and sporadic age-toning along paper margin. Text in French. Portfolios and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #41357

Price: $950.00