The Bible and the Monuments : The Primitive Hebrew Records in the Light of Modern Research

Fading and dampstains to spine. Previous owner's large label on front endpaper "The Library of Hardwicke Knight". Some marginalia; 177, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 20 plates + 26 pages advertisments. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 217 x 139mm. Contents: The Hebrew and Assyrian Languages; The Creation Legends; The Serpent and the Fall; The Beginning of Civilisation; The Deluge; The Grave and the Future State. Contents of the final chapter "The Grave and the Future State" include: 'The Book of the Dead'; Magicians and Sorcerers; Man and Nature; The Soul and Death; Ghosts and Vampires; The Chief Ones of the Earth; Mountain of the Congregation; Sheol; The City of Death; Ruler of the Great City; The Bride of the Pit; The Land of No-Return; Naked and Bare; The Waters of Life. Illustrations include: Mace Head of Sargon I; First Creation Tablet, copied about B.C. 660; Eagle-Headed Figure; Merodach and the Dragon; Assyrian Tablet of the Creation Series; Seal of the Temptation; Ruins of the Palace of Gudea at Tello; Harper and Choir (B.C. 3000); Deluge Tablet (Portion of the Eleventh Tablet); Seal Representing Chaldean Noah; Winged Human-Headed Lion. …