Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago
A subscription-trade compendium of ancient life, compiled by Levi W. Yaggy with Thomas L. Haines and issued in Chicago in 1882 for American household readers curious about Greece, Rome and Egypt. Its 209 wood engravings mix crowded narrative plates of feasts, ceremonies and ruined temples with symmetrical engraved headpieces built from palmettes, scrollwork and inset medallions holding sphinxes, griffins and Egyptian masks, ready-made rules and spot ornaments.
