[Armenia]. MORGAN, Jacques J.-M., ed. - Lot 146

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[Armenia]. MORGAN, Jacques J.-M., ed. - Lot 146
[Armenia]. MORGAN, Jacques J.-M., ed. Scientific Mission to the Caucasus: Archaeological and Historical Studies. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1889. 2 volumes, large 8vo, (2) folios, III-231 pp., 6 plates and (2) folios, III-305-(1) pp., 16 plates. Bradel blue half-percale binding, spine decorated with a gilt fleur-de-lis and a blue title label, speckled head, cover preserved (spine and part of the covers slightly faded). The only edition of this sought-after two-volume work based on an archaeological mission conducted under the auspices of the French Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts. The first volume is devoted to the early Metal Ages in Russian Armenia, and the second to research on the origins of the peoples of the Caucasus. A fine copy. An edition richly illustrated with in-text figures and 6 plates, including one color map in Volume I, and 16 plates, including 12 color maps in Volume II, for a total of 22 plates.
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