1894 First Edtn THE DAWN OF CIVILISATION (EGYPT AND CHALDAEA) By Professor Gaston Maspero

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1894 First Edition
THE DAWN OF CIVILISATION (EGYPT AND CHALDAEA)
By Professor Gaston Maspero

KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 in 178 × 279 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Society for promoting christian knowledge, London, 1894
Language: English
Collation: Dawn: xiv, 800 [i.e. 804] pp., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, maps, folding map.; Struggle: xii, 794 pp., [4] leaves of plates, illustrations, maps, portraits.; Passing: xii, 824 pp., coloured frontispiece, illustrations including maps, coloured plates.
Dust Jacket: None, as issued
SKU: BTETM0002101
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 8Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

DESCRIPTION
The Dawn of Civilisation (Egypt and Chaldaea)
Three-volume set
The Dawn of Civilisation, The Passing of Empires (850 BC 330 BC), and The Struggle of Nations (Egypt, Syria and Assyria)

CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
COLLATION
Dawn: xiv, 800 [i.e. 804] pp., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, maps, folding map.
Struggle: xii, 794 pp., [4] leaves of plates, illustrations, maps, portraits.
Passing: xii, 824 pp., coloured frontispiece, illustrations including maps, coloured plates.

No previous owner markings, pages clean and bright. Some minor foxing. Bumps to top and tall of spines.

Please see Photos as part of condition report.


REFERENCES
HathiTrust/OCLC records
NYPL Assyria and Babylonia bibliography

SYNOPSIS
1894/1896/1900 1st Editions
1894 THE DAWN OF CIVILISATION (EGYPT AND CHALDAEA) - only one copy on WorldCat: xii, 800 pages : many illustrations
1896 THE STRUGGLE OF NATIONS (EGYPT, SYRIA AND ASSYRIA) - Only one copy on WorldCat : xii, 824 pages : many illustrations
1900 THE PASSING OF EMPIRES (850 BC - 330 BC) - Four Copies on WorldCat: xii, 794 pages : many illustrations 3 colour, 1 map
Three-volumes

AUTHOR BIO
Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero KCMG (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper.

1894 First Edition
THE DAWN OF CIVILISATION (EGYPT AND CHALDAEA)
By Professor Gaston Maspero

KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 in 178 × 279 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: Society for promoting christian knowledge, London, 1894
Language: English
Collation: Dawn: xiv, 800 [i.e. 804] pp., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, maps, folding map.; Struggle: xii, 794 pp., [4] leaves of plates, illustrations, maps, portraits.; Passing: xii, 824 pp., coloured frontispiece, illustrations including maps, coloured plates.
Dust Jacket: None, as issued
SKU: BTETM0002101
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 8Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

DESCRIPTION
The Dawn of Civilisation (Egypt and Chaldaea)
Three-volume set
The Dawn of Civilisation, The Passing of Empires (850 BC 330 BC), and The Struggle of Nations (Egypt, Syria and Assyria)

CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
COLLATION
Dawn: xiv, 800 [i.e. 804] pp., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, maps, folding map.
Struggle: xii, 794 pp., [4] leaves of plates, illustrations, maps, portraits.
Passing: xii, 824 pp., coloured frontispiece, illustrations including maps, coloured plates.

No previous owner markings, pages clean and bright. Some minor foxing. Bumps to top and tall of spines.

Please see Photos as part of condition report.


REFERENCES
HathiTrust/OCLC records
NYPL Assyria and Babylonia bibliography

SYNOPSIS
1894/1896/1900 1st Editions
1894 THE DAWN OF CIVILISATION (EGYPT AND CHALDAEA) - only one copy on WorldCat: xii, 800 pages : many illustrations
1896 THE STRUGGLE OF NATIONS (EGYPT, SYRIA AND ASSYRIA) - Only one copy on WorldCat : xii, 824 pages : many illustrations
1900 THE PASSING OF EMPIRES (850 BC - 330 BC) - Four Copies on WorldCat: xii, 794 pages : many illustrations 3 colour, 1 map
Three-volumes

AUTHOR BIO
Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero KCMG (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper.

Very good - no previous owner markings, pages clean and bright. Some minor foxing. Bumps to top and tall of spines. See photos as part of condition report.