Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, And Temples. A Narrative Of Researches And Excavations During Ten Years Residence In That Island.

8vo. pp. xix, 456, 3(ads). frontis. portrait, 2 maps, 49 plates, 9 plates of script, & numerous text illus. A nice copy in original black & gilt-stamped cloth (light wear to extremities). First American Edition. The Italian-born Cesnola served as United States consul at Larnaca in Cyprus from 1865 to 1877. During his stay he conducted numerous excavations and discovered a large number of antiquities. The collection was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Cesnola was appointed director. Added to this edition is a summary of Di Cesnola’s discoveries, written by the Museum’s president, John Taylor Johnston, pp. [449]-456. The Appendix contains a catalogue of the engraved gems found in the treasure vaults of the temple at Curium, by C.W.King of Trinity College, Cambidge, and a short description of the different types of vases discovered, with their inscriptions, written by A.S.Murray of the British Museum.