Title: History of the Ancient Peoples of the Classic East
Object type: Book
Date: 1896–1901
Culture: French, British
Period: Victorian
Medium: Paper, board, cloth
Dimensions: (a) The Struggle of the Nations. Egypt, Syria and Assyria (1896) H. 10 7/8 × W. 7 11/16 × D. 2 1/16 in. (27.6 × 19.5 × 5.2 cm); (b) The Passing of the Empires 850-330 BC (1900) H. 10 7/8 × W. 7 11/16 × D. 2 1/4 in. (27.6 × 19.5 × 5.7 cm); (c) The Dawn of Civilization: Egypt and Chaldea (1901) H. 10 7/8 × W. 7 3/4 × D. 2 3/16 in. (27.6 × 19.7 × 5.6 cm)
Credit line: Henrietta and Christopher McCall Collection, Purchase, Henrie Jo Barth Bequest, and Museum Acquisitions and Josephine Lois Berger-Nadler Endowment Funds, 2023
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY