Beth She’arim. 3 Vols.

Mazar, Benjamin; Moshe Schwabe; Baruch Lifshitz; Nahman Avigad. Beth She’arim. 3 Vols. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1973, 1974, 1976. First American edition. Quarto. x, 228, xxxvi plates, xvi, 230 (1)vii plates, (8) 299pp, lxxvi plates. Original pictorial dustjackets over black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spines. Decorative endpapers, maps. Vol. 1: The Catacombs 1-4. Vol. 2 The Greek Inscriptions. Vol. 3: The Excavations 1953-1958. Profusely illustrated with some 500 distinctive b/w photographs and in-text figures. “The excavation of Beth She’arim was the first and one of the most important modern scientific investigations of an ancient Jewish city in the Holy Land.” (Publisher). Dustjackets rubbed with light wear and small tears along edges. Light age-toning and yellowing of photographic plates in margins not affecting images. Light creasing of front endpaper and first 6 pages in lower right corner of volume one. DJs in overall good-, interior in good+ condition. g. Hardcover. (35703) $95