The Arts of Assyria (The Arts of Mankind)
Hardcover
1961 · New York, New York
by Perrot, Andre
New York, New York: Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover. VG (DJ has slight edge wear at head of spine; slipcase has torn title block on spine; very personal tribute inscription to former owner appears on an early flyleaf; otherwise clean.). Red cloth over boards, cream & color illus. dust jacket, 380 pp.; 395 figures, mostly bw but a few color; held in original tan cardboard box/slipcase with paper title block on spine. The second volume in the "The Arts of Mankind" series edited by Andre Malraux. Features sections about the arts of Assyria in the Iron Age, the Babylonians and Neo-Babylonians, the Achaemenians, Mesopotamian literature and music, and more. Includes a glossary; Nicely illustrated. (Inventory #: 156044)