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Item #44711 Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul. Henri Pognon.
Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul
Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul
Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul
Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul
Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul

Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul

Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 10 3/4"). [4], ii, 228pp (Text), xlii leaves (Plates). Modern grey-green cloth binding, with gold lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Publisher's device to title page. Ribbon marker.

This work contains a collection of semitic inscriptions, mostly Syriac, but also two in Akkadian and some in Aramaic, collected by French archaeologist Henri Pognon during his travels throughout the Middle East. They are accompanied with detailed notes and French translations.

The last part of the volume is complete with its 42 leaves of plates, including plates i to xi containing photographs reproduced in photogravure.

Binding rubbed along edges, with lower corners bumped (not affecting pages throughout). Ex-library copy with reference stickers at tail of spine and upper front joint, Ex-Libris on inside of front cover, typed note on inside of back cover, and stamp at upper and lower paper margin. Minor and sporadic age-toning along paper margin. Text in French. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. g- to vg. Item #44711

Price: $350.00

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