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A personal narrative of the Euphrates expedition.

Stock Code 99217

London, Kegan Paul, 1888

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The author was surgeon and geologist to the British military expedition which surveyed the valleys of the Tigris-Euphrates in Mesopotamia in 1835-37. Also an amateur archaeologist, Ainsworth was attached to the Euphrates River section of the expedition and augmented his official work with private excursions of his own. An excellent supplement to Chesney's account of the same expedition.

First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 447; viii, 492 pp., 32 pages ads end vol. i, folding map, original blue cloth lettered in red, lightly rubbed, spines slightly soiled, foxing to end leaves, a very good set.

Ghani p.7.
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A personal narrative of the Euphrates expedition.

AINSWORTH, William Francis.

Stock code: 99217

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