8vo. xiii, [2], 458, [1] pp. Color lithographic frontispiece ("Ruins of Great Palace at Hatra," in the ancient Persian province of Khvarvaran), 2 large folding maps (showing much of north-eastern Persia and all neighboring lands; other is the Parthian Empire), numerous figs. (ancient coins, etc.), index; partly unopened. Original brown gilt-stamped cloth, t.e.g. A near fine copy with no markings anywhere and the original endleaves unblemished. First issued in 1872, this is possibly a first American edition. Rawlinson, a historian and Christian theologian, also wrote about Egypt, Herodotus, Sassanians, Babylon and Phoenicia. First Edition.