The Birthland of St. Paul. Cilicia: Its Former History and Present State, With an Account of the Idolatrous Worship Prevailing There Previous to the Introduction of Christianity. Edited by Wm. Francis Ainsworth. [Lares and Penates]
London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, n.d. [c. 1853]. Full Leather. Near Fine. Item #33919
In two Parts: Cilicia and Its Governors; and Lares and Penates, or the Household Gods of Cilicia. Pp. xiv, 394. Engraved frontis, folding map, 3 plates, and numerous textual engravings. Contemporary full calf, sides bordered by double gilt fillets, densely gilt spine in compartments with gilt lettered label, marbled endpapers and edges. Binding slightly rubbed at extremities, occasional light marginal foxing, but overall a near fine copy of the Scottish edition of Barker's classic study of ancient Cilicia, better known by the title of the London edition, namely, "Lares and Penates: Or, Cilicia and Its Governors."
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