RARE comprehensive monograph of historical geography of ancient and medieval Syria by René Dussaud (1868-1958), a renowned French Orientalist, archaeologist and epigrapher, author of studies on the religion of the Hittites, the Hurrians, the Phoenicians and the Syriacs. He was curator of the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre Museum and a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Contains author`s b&w portrait on title page verso and 15 b&w fold-out maps. 245x170mm. LII+632 pages. Brown cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt spine. Front cover slightly dirty, bottom edge slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Previous owner`s small stamp on second whitepage upper corner and title page bottom edge. Corner/s of most pages bumped/slightly wrinkled. Some pages edges slightly wrinkled. Pages facing the fold-out maps age-stained/yellowing. Text block edges yellowing. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book by the leader of the French excavations in the Middle East and one of the founders of the archaeology journal `Syria`, is otherwise in good condition.