SARDIS: PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE EXCAVATION OF SARDIS - VOLUME I: THE EXCAVATIONS, PART I (1910 - 1914)
Book Details + Condition: Late E.J. Brill, Ltd. (Leyden, MA). First Edition, 1922. Large folio hardcover (11" x 13.5"). 213 pages including Index and large fold-out maps to rear. Some pages remain uncut. A total of 192 illustrations including three maps and five plates. Extensive documentation of the first major archaeological excavations at Sardis from 1910 - 1914. Sardis was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the Persian satrapy of Lydia and later a major center of Hellenistic and Byzantine culture. Active excavations in Sardis continue to this day. A scarce primary source documentation.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; normal aging and wear to boards, with areas of discoloration present; some perforated areas to endpapers (perhaps old moth or worm damage); interior is clean and free of markings. Some pages remain uncut.
