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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First edition. Octavo. 2 volumes. xxx, 489, (1); xiii, (1), (491)-937, (1)pp. Index, glossary & bibliography. Orange cloth with black spine labels lettered in gilt. Illustrated with frontispieces. A nice, sharp set, but ex-library with a faint rubber stamp on title page & bottom of text block, and library pockets on rear pastedowns. "Before the Muses" introduces modern readers to over 300 works of Akkadian prose and poetry, including some of the world's oldest literature. The Akkadian language was written and spoken for nearly 2,500 years before the Christian era. Seller Inventory # 53428