Nineveh and Its Remains

Book

Accession Number: 1997.824.25

Subtitle: With an account of a visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or devil-worshippers; and an inquiry into the manners and arts of the ancient Assyrians

Summary/Description: Dark blue-green clothbound boards; back cover is blind-stamped with a winged bull surrounded by a border. Contains fold-out illustrations. Volume 1 of 2.

Author: Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894

Collection: KSB Collection

History/Provenance: Used at the Kentucky School for the Blind.

Credit Line: Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 1997.824

Publisher: George P. Putnam

Publisher Place: New York

Publish Date: 1850

Subjects: Assyria Nestorians Nineveh (Extinct city) Yezidis Excavation

Physical Description: 326 p. : ill. 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.25 in.