THE PALACE OF NESTOR AT PYLOS IN WESTERN MESSENIA [COMPLETE SET]; Volume I: the Buildings and Contents. Part 1, Text & Part 2, Plates; Volume II: the Frescoes. Volume III: Acropolis and Lower Town, Tholoi and Grave Circle, Chamber Tombs, Discoveries Outside the Citadel.

Very minor shelfwear to volumes. Old price to ffeps.; 3 volumes in 4 parts as issued: Volumes I-III complete.; 3 Volumes in 4 Parts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Textually complete with all plates and illustrations called for. This massive work on Nestor's Palace was compiled following its excavation by the University of Cincinnati in the 1950s. Nestor was a figure immortalized by Homer, and his palace is believed to date back to 13000 B. C. It remained covered by an olive grove until the excavation, and this work details all of the finds, including tablets, seals and frescoes, etc.