[ARCHAEOLOGY - JORDAN]. KAMMERER, A. Petra and Nabataea. Pet - Lot 8

[ARCHAEOLOGY - JORDAN]. KAMMERER, A. Petra and Nabataea. Petrae Arabia and the Northern Arabs in Their Relations with Syria and Palestine Up to the Advent of Islam. A rich publication devoted to Petra and Nabataea, in its original edition, complete with its album. Paris, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1929 and 1930. 2 vols., in-8, unbound. 630 pp. – 4 maps, including fold-out maps, 7 plates (uncollated), 74 figures, and 152 plates (atlas). Spine slightly creased. First edition of this “splendid work” (Ronzevalle, Sébastien. A. Kammerer — Petra and Nabataea. Petrae Arabia and the Northern Arabs in Their Relations with Syria and Palestine up to the Advent of Islam. In: Mélanges de l’Université Saint-Joseph, vol. 15, 1930, pp. 298–300), a major archaeological study of Petra and Nabataea. A rare, complete set with its album. Very good condition.