Tchad

1895 · 23651 — London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1895. Hardcover. Fading and dampstains to spine. Previous owner's large label on front endpaper "The Library of Hardwicke Knight". Some marginalia ; 177 1 blank pages frontispiece 20 plates 26 pages advertisments. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 217 x 139mm. Contents: The Hebrew and Assyrian Languages; The Creation Legends; The Serpent and the Fall; The Beginning of Civilisation; The Deluge; The Grave and the Future State. Contents of the final chapter "The Grave and the Future State" include: 'The Book of the Dead'; Magicians and Sorcerers; Man and Nature; The Soul and Death; Ghosts and Vampires; The Chief Ones of the Earth; Mountain of the Congregation; Sheol; The City of Death; Ruler of the Great City; The Bride of the Pit; The Land of No-Return; Naked and Bare; The Waters of Life. Illustrations include: Mace Head of Sargon I; First Creation Tablet copied about B.C. 660; Eagle-Headed Figure; Merodach and the Dragon; Assyrian Tablet of the Creation Series; Seal of the Temptation; Ruins of the Palace of Gudea at Tello; Harper and Choir B.C. 3000; Deluge Tablet Portion of the Eleventh Tablet; Seal Representing Chaldean Noah; Winged Human-Headed Lion. . Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover