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LOT 73:
Antique First Edition of A Mound of Many Cities; or, Tell el Hesy Excavated by Frederick Jones Bliss - Antique Book
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Antique First Edition of A Mound of Many Cities; or, Tell el Hesy Excavated by Frederick Jones Bliss - Antique Book
First Edition of
A Mound of Many Cities or Tell el Hesy Excavated by Frederick Jones Bliss, M.A. FREDERICK JONES BLISS, MA.
LONDON;CA. P. WATT & SON, NORFOLK STREET, STRAND, W. C.) 1894. Hardcover. Octavo. pp xii, 204, [1], (2, ads), [2] + 4 folding plates; many illustrations. Orig. mustard cloth binding with black & gilt decorations and lettering. Interior complete. Exlib stamp otherwise unmarked.
A Mound of Many Cities; Or, Tell El Hesy Excavated, written by Frederick Jones Bliss, was an important work for the field of archaeology. The text and illustrations provide information about excavation work done in Tell El Hesi (in Israel). It was the first major site excavated in Palestine, first by Flinders Petrie in 1890 and later by Bliss (the author) in 1891 and 1892.
References: Reviewed Work: A Mound of Many Cities, or Tell el Hesy Excavated by Frederick Jones Bliss, Review by: A. L. F., Jr., The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1894), pp. 227-228 (2 pages).
A Mound of Many Cities; Or, Tell El Hesy Excavated, written by Frederick Jones Bliss, was an important work for the field of archaeology. The text and illustrations provide information about excavation work done in Tell El Hesi (in Israel). It was the first major site excavated in Palestine, first by Flinders Petrie in 1890 and later by Bliss (the author) in 1891 and 1892.
References: Reviewed Work: A Mound of Many Cities, or Tell el Hesy Excavated by Frederick Jones Bliss, Review by: A. L. F., Jr., The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1894), pp. 227-228 (2 pages).
