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RICH, Claudius James

Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon.


Longman, London 1816. Second English edition. 8vo. 2 engraved plates, folding map (shaved), modern calf backed marbled boards, a very good copy.

Rich was the East India company resident at the court of the Pasha of Bagdad. This was his first and scarcest publication. Originally published in Vienna, the first English edition was in 1815.

Price: £ 500
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Stock Number: 47831

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