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Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus, by John Myres. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. 1914. 4vo. Illustrated card bound. iv, li, 594pages. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. With upwards of 5,555 photographic illustrations and 56 pages of Phoenician, Cypriote, Greek , cuneiform and Sassanian Inscriptions. You can always find Cesnola's "Salaminia" and "Cyprus: Its cities, Tombs and Temples" but this volume comes up for sale only once every five years.

" This Handbook is intended to serve as a guide to the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus, or more precisely to those parts of which which are exhibited in the Cesnola Room and other departments of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It offers at the same time an introduction to the study of the ancient arts and industries which the Cesnola Collection was formed to illustrate. But it is not in the strict sense a Catalogue of the Collection, though all the more important objects are described separately..... " from the Preface.

Price: CyP 400.00

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