CHAPMAN ^ HALL, LIMITED. 



^^")Uitorg of Jlrt in Chaliiii^a&^sjsmTa. 



Bv GEORGES PERROT and CHARLES CHIPIEZ. 



Translated by Walter Armstronc;, B.A., Oxon. ^Yith 452 Illustrations. 



2 vols, royal 8vo, ^2 2s. 



"It is profusely illustrated, not merely with representations of the actual remains presen'ed 

 in the British Museum, the Louvre, and elsewhere, but also with ingenious conjectural repre- 

 sentations of the principal buildings from which those remains have been taken. To English- 

 men familiar with the magnificent collection of Assyrian antiquities preserved in the ]5ritish 

 Museum the volume should be especially welcome. We may further mention that an English 

 translation by Mr. Walter Armstrong, with the numerous illustrations of the original, has 

 just been published by Messrs. Chapman and Hall." — Times. 



"The only dissatisfaction that we can feel in turning over the two beautiful volumes in 

 illustration of Chalda;an and Assyrian Art, by MM. Perrot and Chipiez, is in the reflection, 

 that in this, as in so many other publications of a similar scope and nature, it is a foreign narne 

 that we see on the title page, and a translation only which we can lay to our national credit. 

 The predominance of really important works on Archaeology which have to be translated for the 

 larger reading public of England, and the comparative scarcity of original English works of a 

 similar calibre, is a reproach to us which we would fain see removed ... it is most frequently 

 to French and German writers that we are indebted for the best light and the most interesting 

 criticisms on the arts of antiquity. Mr. Armstrong s translation is very well done. '— Builder. 



"The work is a valuable addition to archaiological literature, and the thanks of the whole 

 civilised world are due to the authors who have so carefully compiled the history of the arts of two 

 peoples, often forgotten, but who were in reality the founders of Western civilisation." — GraJ>/iic. 



T)i5torii of ^ncknt (Egjipiiau ^rt. 



By GEORGES PERROT and CHARLES CHIPIEZ. 



Translated from the French by W. Armstrong. Contai.iing 616 En- 

 gravings, drawn after the Original, or from Authentic Documents. 

 2 vols, imperial Svo, £2 2s. 



"The studyof Eg:3rptologyis one which grows from day today, and which has now reached 

 such proportions as to demand arrangement and selection almost more than increased collec- 

 tion of material. The well-known volumes of MM. Perrot and Chipiez supply this rcciuire- 

 ment to an extent which had never hitherto been attempted, and which, before the latest 

 researches of Mariette and Maspero, wonld have been impossible. Without waiting for the 

 illustrious authors to complete their great undertaking, Mr. W. Armstrong has very properly 

 seized their first instalment, and has presented to the English public all that has yet appeared 

 of a most useful and fascinating work. To translate such a book, however, is a task that 

 needs the revision of a specialist, and this I\Ir. Armstrong has felt, for he has not sent out his 

 version to the world without the sanction of Dr. Birch and Mr. Reginald Stuart Poole. The 

 result is in every way satisfactory to his readers. Mr. Armstrong adds, in an appendix, a 

 description of that startling discovery which occurred just after the French original of these 

 volumes left the press — namely, the finding of 38 royal mummies, with their sepulchral furniture, 

 in a subterranean chamber at Thebes. It forms a brilliant ending to a work of great value 

 and beauty."— /"a// Mall Gazette. 



The Saturday Review, speaking of the French edition, says : " To say that this magni- 

 ficent work is the best history of Egyptian art that we possess, is to state one of the least 

 of its titles to the admiration of all lovers of antiquity, Egyptian or other. No previous 



work can be compared with it for method or completeness Not only arc the best 



engravings from the older authorities utilised, but numerous unpublished designs have been 

 inserted. M. Chipiez has added greatly to the value of a work, in which the tr.iined eye of 

 the architect is everywhere visible, by his restorations of various buildings and modes of con- 

 struction ; and the engravings in colours of the wall paintings are a noticeable feature in a 

 work which is in every way rcm.arkablc. 'i'liis history of Egyptian art is an invaluable 

 treasure-house for the student ; and, we may add, there are few nirjre delightful volumes 

 for the cultivated idle wlio live at case to turn over— every page is full of artistic interest." 



