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Landseer, John
SABAEAN RESEARCHES
Publisher: Hurst, Robinson & Co, London;
Edition: 1st Edition
Date of Publication: 1823
Stock Code: 886
FIRST EDITION. Quarto. Xi, 402 pp. Engraved frontispiece, vignette to half-title, thirteen illustrations in text plus plate of the Circular Ceiling from the Temple of Isis at Dendera as called for. Tan half-calf with five raised bands, stamped Maltese cross decoration, gilt-stamped title label. Top edge stained red. Calf worn at corners and beginning to split at joints of lower board; loss to title label edge. Ffep and following endpaper creased and torn (no text affected) ; frontis & title pages have faint damp-staining (semicircular mark at bottom edge approx 2 inches x 6 max) and there are foxing and minor marks throughout, mainly to margins. Scarce. £280.00