Museum of Antiquity – Yaggy & Haines – 1882 | 180 Engravings, Pagan & Occult

A description of ancient life including the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature, and fine arts of 3,000 years ago. “Museum of Antiquity, A Description of Ancient Life” includes histories from all corners of the world! From musical instruments used in Jewish culture, to home utensils and jewelry worn in ancient Egypt all the way to the furnishings of the house of Emperor Joseph II, this work is filled with woodcut engravings illustrating the content. One of the most intriguing aspects is the 19th-century perspective on the ruins of Pompeii.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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
• Author(s): Levi W. Yaggy; T.L. Haines
• Illustrator(s): uncredited
• Publisher: New York: Standard Publishing House; Chicago, Ill.: Western Publishing House
• Edition: 1882
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Binding: Half leather, gilt spine, marbled edges
• Size: 9.5 in x 7 in (24 cm x 17.5 cm)
• Collation: xiv, 15–944 pp
• Illustrations: 180 engravings including 7 steel plates
• Contents Include:
  • Steel engravings of ancient sites and figures
  • Artifacts and furnishings from Jewish and Egyptian settings
  • Descriptions of ancient cities and domestic life
  • Visual depictions of Pompeii and classical ruins

Condition:

Good. Bound in half leather with gilt spine, brown cloth boards, and marbled page edges. Hinges and corners show moderate rubbing, with mild separation of joints at head and foot of spine. The text block is strong and clean. All pages appear present and intact.

Why Collect This?

• Early American pictorial survey of ancient cultures
• Features 180 engravings, including steel plates
• Leather-bound with preserved spine gilt

Item Number: #28898