ANCIENT RUINS Art PAGAN MYTHOLOGY Archaeology CLASSICAL GREEK Egypt ROMAN EMPIRE
Item History & Price
MUSEUMOFANTIQUITYThis sale is for an original 1880 FIRST EDITION of "MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITY" by L. W. Yaggy and T. L. Haines. YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!! It provides an extensive description of Ancient Life: The employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3, 000 years ago. Egypt, Greece, and Rome were the fountain heads of our civilization and the source of our knowledge; to... them we can trace, link by link, the origin of all that is ornamental, graceful, and beautiful. This book imparts an intimate knowledge of the original state, and former perfection, the grandeur, magnificence and high civilization of these countries, as well as of the homes, the private and domestic life, the schools, churches, rites, and ceremonies. Excavations in Troy, Nineveh, Babylon and the City of Pompeii, with its innumerable treasures, unfolded long-hoarded secrets with enough information for volumes of work. How wonderfully condensed, into the smallest possible compass, is the essence of information, which usually runs through many volumes, and places it into a practical form for the reader!!! The object of the authors was to avoid expression of personal opinion, and to supply first, facts, and secondly, careful references by which the citation of those facts, may be verified. The 173 BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS!!! which adorn this work bear testimony to the earnest desire of the Publishers to spare no effort or expense necessary to the production of a book which should prove in every way satisfactory to those interested in the subject treated. Published in 1880, it is in GOOD+ CONDITION! for its age and especially to be 140 YEARS OLD!!! ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT!!! and tightly bound with NO TEARS! or stray markings. It measures approximately 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" and is complete with 944 pages. It is highly desirable among antiquarian book collectors so...GET YOURS WHILE YOU CAN!!! GOOD LUCK!!!Please see our other books too!
