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original brown cloth gilt lettering, worn at edges, complete, 6 volumes set consisting in: The five great monarchies of the eastern world; or the history, geography, and antiquities of Chaldea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia. Collected and illustrated from ancient and modern sources, in three volumes with maps and illustrations.,( volumes I, II and III) 8vo, 4 folding maps (1 handcolored in outline), and 657 illus. in texts throughout; accompanied by: The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy, or the Geography, History and Antiquities of Parthia., ( 1 volume), n. d. colored lithograph frontispiece, folding map hand colored in outline, and 30 illus. in text; accompanied by: Rawlinson, The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy or the Geography, History, and Antiquities of the Sassanian or New Persian Empire, ( 2 vols, I and II.), color lithograph frontis, folding map handcolored in outline, 18 plates, and 76 illus. in text;. Together 6 volumes, uniformly bound in the original publisher's cloth. a very good set.