Nineveh and Its Remains: with an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christian of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, Or Devil-worshippers: And an Enquiry Into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, Volum 2J. Murray, 1850 - 326 sider |
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