Fire the Imagination

Textbooks are so much more appealing and approachable when the graphic design and illustrations of the book are given great thought to, as they were in the early years of the 20th century.

Binding design and illustrative paintings help to fire the imagination, which is always a great aid to learning.

cover binding

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frontispiece

The Tempatation of Ea-Bani

title page

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Merodach Sets Forth to Attack Tiamat

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The Slaying of the Bull of Ishtar

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The Babylonian Deluge

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Nebuchadnezzar in the Hanging Gardens

Edwin Long

The Babylonian Marriage Market

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The Shepherd Finds the Babe Semiramis

The edition I own has the misfortune to have a plate sliced out, probably more than half a century ago. That dastardly deed has earned someone a few decades in a hole in Hades, without benefit of seeing Ishtar. The missing plate, below, grabbed off the internet.

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Ishtar in Hades