Author

DI CESNOLA, General Louis Palma.

Title

Cyprus: its ancient cities, tombs, and temples.
A narrative of researches and excavations during ten years' Residence as American consul in that island.

Published, Date

Murray, London1877.

Description

Fisrt edition. 8vo., xix, 448pp., 2 coloured maps at end, 48 wood-engraved plates, 12 plates of inscriptions, illustrations in the text, contemporary calf gilt, gilt lettered direct, covers worn, joints rubbed.

Note

An account of the important excavations undertaken on the island by Cesnola, the American Consul, who later sold the collection to the New York Art Museum (now the Metropolitan Museum of Art) where he became the first director.

References

Blackmer 1237.

Stock Number

86334