Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94). The Monuments of Nineveh. From Drawings on the Spot [together with;] A Second Series from the Mouments of Nieveh; including bas-reliefs from the palace of Sennacherib and the bronzes from the ruins of Niroud. From drawings made on the spot during a second expedition to Assyria. London: John Murray, 1853. (1) The monuments of Nineveh [first series]. From drawings made on the spot. 102 lithographed plates (some chromolithographed). [With:] (2) A second series of the monuments of Nineveh; including bas-reliefs from the palace of Sennacherib and bronzes from the ruins of Nimroud. From drawings made on the spot, during a second expedition to Assyria. [8], 7pp. 71 lithographed plates (some chromolithographed). Together 2 volumes. London: John Murray, 1853. 553 x 475 mm. Modern half morocco, cloth boards. Frontispiece from Vol. I misbound at the front of Vol. II. A few marginal repairs, light foxing, a few plate captions touched, but very good. First Edition of the Second Series; second edition of the first series. The Second Series records the artifacts that Layard found during his second expedition to Assyria, as described in his Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon (1853). It accompanies a reissue of the plates from Layard's Monuments of Nineveh, with reset title and preliminaries. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing