A Narrative Of Researches And Excavations During Ten Years’ Residence In That Island.

Cesnola, Louis Palma Di

New York: Harper & Brothers,1878. 1st Edition. 8vo. [xix], 456 pp., 3(advertisements). Frontis. portrait, 2 maps, 49 plates, 9 plates of script, & numerous text illus. A very nice copy in ¾ calf and marbled boards with marbled end leaves. Interior in excellent condition with date stamping and hand-lettered number inside rear end leaf — otherwise a very nice and complete copy of a scarce publication. Binding in very good condition and showing slight wear to extremities.

Added to this edition is a summary of Di Cesnola’s discoveries, written by the Museum’s president, John Taylor Johnston at pages 449-456. The Appendix contains a catalogue of the engraved gems found in the treasure vaults of the temple at Curium, by C.W. King of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a short description of the different types of vases discovered, with their inscriptions, written by A.S. Murray of the British Museum.

The Italian-born Cesnola served as United States consul at Larnaca in Cyprus from 1865 to 1877. During his stay he conducted numerous excavations and discovered a large number of antiquities. The collection was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where Cesnola was later appointed director.

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