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Ainsworth was attached to the Euphrates River section of the expedition An excellent supplement to Chesney's account of the same expedition.
Ainsworth was attached to the Euphrates River section of the expedition An excellent supplement to Chesney's account of the same expedition.
Ainsworth was attached to the Euphrates River section of the expedition An excellent supplement to Chesney's account of the same expedition.

AINSWORTH, William Francis.

A personal narrative of the Euphrates expedition.

London, Kegan Paul, 1888.

£1,150.00
£1,150.00

A personal narrative of the Euphrates expedition.

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

Ghani p.7.

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Ainsworth was attached to the Euphrates River section of the expedition An excellent supplement to Chesney's account of the same expedition.

A personal narrative of the Euphrates expedition.

£1,150.00
£1,150.00

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