Herbert Stone - The Stones of Stonehenge - 1924

Stonehenge is a megalithic monument from the Early Stone Age, located near the town of Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 13 kilometers northwest of Salisbury on the Salisbury Plain. According to a dating from 2007, the construction of Stonehenge is estimated to have taken place around 2300 BC, 300 years later than previously believed.

Special first edition with 36 plates featuring photographs and maps, including 2 facsimiles from 1574 and 1575.

The content consists of 7 chapters with subdivisions and an Appendix (see also the photos).
General design and dimensions
The Age of Stonehenge - astronomical and archaeological
III Origin and nature of the stones - sarsens and foreign
IV Quarrying and Transport
V Dressing the stones
VI mode of erection
The outworks of Stonehenge
Appendix A-E

Condition: Reasonably good; ex-University Library. Features on the endpapers, small stamps on the plates. The top of the spine is frayed. Binding is good, paper is clean and odorless.

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