PALMA DI CESNOLA Louis, CYPERN, seine alten Städte, Gräber und Tempel. Bericht über zehnjährige Forschungen und Ausgrabungen auf der Insel. Jena (Hermann Costenoble), 1879. First edition in German. Complete in 2vols, 8vo, p. xxii+[2]+256+48 plates, 257-442+[2]+58 plates+2 maps. With more than 500 woodcut illustrations printed in the text and on boards, 12 lithographic boards and 2 maps. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was an Italian American officer who after the civil war has been appointed Consul of United States to Larnaca, Cyprus (1865-1877). He spent his stay there carrying out excavations which resulted in the discovery of a large amount of antiquities. The collection was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of art and Cesnola became his first director after his return in US. His account is of the outmost value for Cyprus. Authorized German version by Ludwig Stern, with an introductory foreword by Georg Ebers. Blackmer 1237, not in Atabey Modern half leather binding (spine and corners), gilt title on spine, thick carton boards, slightly bumped on corners. Original covers preserved, in fact one is attached on 1st vol. front board. Clean and tight inside, very well preserved, beautiful and valuable copy.