A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1, by Georges Perrot and Charles ChipiezThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1Author: Georges PerrotCharles ChipiezTranslator: Walter ArmstrongRelease Date: February 14, 2009 [EBook #28072]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORY OF ART IN CHALDÆA ***Produced by Paul Dring, Adrian Mastronardi and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)A HISTORYOFART IN CHALDÆA & ASSYRIAFROM THE FRENCHOFGEORGES PERROT,PROFESSOR IN THE FACULTY OF LETTERS, PARIS; MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE,ANDCHARLES CHIPIEZ.ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXTAND FIFTEEN STEEL AND COLOURED PLATES.IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. I.TRANSLATED AND EDITED BYWALTER ARMSTRONG, B.A., Oxon.,AUTHOR OF "ALFRED STEVENS," ETC.Lions headLondon: CHAPMAN AND HALL, Limited.New York: A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON.1884.London:R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor,BREAD STREET HILL.PREFACE.In face of the cordial reception given to the first two volumes of MM. Perrot and Chipiez's History of Ancient Art, ...