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LOT 1144
Books on the Ancient Near East, Antiquities, Ancient Art & Archaeology - 7 Titles
1967-2017 A.D.
9 5/8 x 6 7/8 - 12 x 10 1/2 in. (9.8 kg toal, 24.6 x 17.5 - 30.5 x 26.6 cm).
AA.VV., Signs Before the Alphabet, Journey to Mesopotamia at the origins of writing, January 20, 2017, April 25, 2017, Milano, Venezia, 2017, pp.272, colour catalogue of exhibition; N. Bancroft Hunt, Historical Atlas of Ancient Mesopotamia, New York, 2004, pp.192, col.ill.; J.Aruz, K.Benzel, J.M. Evans, Beyond Babylon, Art, Trade and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C., New York, 2008-2009, pp.523, col.ill.; J.Mellart, Catal Huyuk, A Neolithic Town in Anatolia, New York, 1967, pp.232, 15 colour plates, 121 monochrome plates, 56 line drawings; J.A. Gobineau, The World of the Persians, Genève, 1971, pp.159, monochrome ill.; AA.VV., The Anatolian Civilisations, III, Seljuk and Ottoman, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, May 22-Ocotber 30, 1983, pp.323, colour plates and b/w. ill.; O.W. Muscarella, The lie became great, The Forgery of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Groningen, 2000, pp.540, B/W plates. [No Reserve]
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Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1144
Books on the Ancient Near East, Antiquities, Ancient Art & Archaeology - 7 Titles
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