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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Chapter 1: A HISTORY OF Art in Chaldæa & Assyria
By Georges Perrot
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Title: A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Author: Georges Perrot

Charles Chipiez

Translator: Sir Walter Armstrong

Release date: October 9, 2023 [eBook #71842]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1884

Credits: Charlene Taylor, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORY OF ART IN CHALDÆA & ASSYRIA, VOL. 2 (OF 2) ***

A HISTORY
OF
Art in Chaldæa & Assyria

FROM THE FRENCH

OF

GEORGES PERROT,
PROFESSOR IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS, PARIS; MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE,
AND
CHARLES CHIPIEZ.

ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT
AND FIFTEEN STEEL AND COLOURED PLATES.

IN TWO VOLUMES.—-VOL. II.

TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
WALTER ARMSTRONG, B.A., Oxon., AUTHOR OF “ALFRED STEVENS,” ETC.

London: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Limited.

New York: A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON.

1884.