Guild Publishing London, 1987, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Book Club, Illustrated By: Photographic and Illustrations
acknowledgements, introduction by author, copious black-and-white photographs, the occasional colour photograph, maps, floor plans and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and black and red coloured titles to the backstrip. "Italy is immensely rich in Roman remains, but it is the spectacular sights of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostria and Rome that have tended to dominate the picture. Now recent archaeological discoveries in field work had made it possible to examine Roman Italy as a whole stop drawing upon the wealth of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources, Dr Potter traces the fortune of Italy unified under Rome to the decline of the empire in the late antiquity." -- from the front fold over panel. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], 6-240 pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Italy; Ancient (BC); Inventory No: 0115833.
acknowledgements, introduction by author, copious black-and-white photographs, the occasional colour photograph, maps, floor plans and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and black and red coloured titles to the backstrip. "Italy is immensely rich in Roman remains, but it is the spectacular sights of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostria and Rome that have tended to dominate the picture. Now recent archaeological discoveries in field work had made it possible to examine Roman Italy as a whole stop drawing upon the wealth of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources, Dr Potter traces the fortune of Italy unified under Rome to the decline of the empire in the late antiquity." -- from the front fold over panel. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], 6-240 pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in very good condition with minimal signs of age and wear.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Italy; Ancient (BC); Inventory No: 0115833.