The Chaldean Account of Genesis. Containing the description of the creation, the fall of man, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the times of the patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian Fables, and legends of the gods; from the cuneiform inscriptions.
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, 1876. 5th Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 319, 24pp. Publishers gilt and patterned maroon buckram binding. Charcoal-colored endpapers. Silver-gelatin photographic frontispiece of Nimrod mounted on heavier weight paper and protected by tissue guard. George Smith was the head of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum. This monumental work has become an extremely scarce and rare work supporting occult and cosmogenesis theories. Ink ownership on verso of front flyleaf reading 'A. Arbo'. On title page in Danish or Norwegian is written 'Gave fra A. Arbo. 1907'; meaning gift from A. Arbo. Otherwise no markings present and book very clean and in near fine condition. Very Good. Item #13768
Price: $1,750.00