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WARING, J.B. [John Burly]. Stone Monuments, Tumuli and Ornament of Remote; with Remarks on Early Architecture of Ireland and Scotland. London: John B. Day, 1870. First edition. Folio, recent calf spine, marbled boards, raised bands, leather spine label, x, 92pp, 109 leaves with 108 full pages plates. Tiny tear on the title-page otherwise a fine copy with interesting plates.
A beautiful collection of large-format archaeological illustrations depicting Bronze and Iron Age artefacts from Europe and the Middle East. The volume includes a list of plates and an index, as well as extensive remarks on each of the 108 plates. The author is pays special interest to tracing the evidence of ancient Celtic civilizations across Europe. ‘One of the most instructive and interesting collections of illustrations of the remains of prehistoric ages, and of the architecture to which no date can be assigned, is that recently published by Mr. Waring. This volume exhibits in a remarkable manner the similarity, and even identity of remains, found in the most remote parts of the globe.'