Museum of Antiquity : A Description of Ancient Life. The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, the Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, The Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago

Cloth-hardcover binding. Fully illustrated cover and spine covering, with extensive gold-leaf illustrations, lettering and ornamentation. All page edges are marble-treated. 9.25 inch 7.00 inch x 2.12 inch. Pages: 3 blanks, frontis plate, tissue guard, [I-XIV, 15-944, 1 blank. Decorative endpapers.Egypt, Greece and Italy were the fountain heads of our civilization and the source of our knowledge; to them we can trace, link by link, the origin of all that is ornamental, graceful and beautiful. It is therefore a matter of greatest interest to get an intimate knowledge of the original state, and former perfection, the grandeur, magnificence and high civilization of these countries, as well as of the homes, the private and domestic life, the schools,churches, rites ceremonies, &c. The many recent excavations in Troy, Nineveh, Babylon and the uncovering of the City of Pompeii, with its innumerable treasures, the unfolding of the long-hoarded secrets, have revealed information for volumes of matter. We hope, however, that this work will give the reader a greater longing to extend his inquiries into these most interesting subjects, so rich in everything that can refine the taste, enlarge the understanding and improve the heart. Many of the engravings are from drawings made on the spot, but a greater number are from photographs, and executed with the greatest fidelity by German and French artists.Contents: Pompeii, Amusements, Domestic Life, Domestic Utensils, Employment, Troy, Nineveh and Babylon, Religion or Mythology, Fine Arts and Literature, Tombs and Catacombs, Truth of the Bible.Illustrations: The list of Illustrations runs for 6 pages, including numerous plates from engravings, numerous ½ page illustrations and many vignette illustrations, all nicely detailed and clearly printed.