Ancient Italy; Historical and Geographical Investigations in Central Italy, Magna Graecia, Sicily, and Sardinia
Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press/T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's dark grey cloth with paper title label to spine. [xiv];441pp. Solid and tight, some light wear to corners and a little soiling of the paper label, very heavy duty cloth; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout, slightly dusty top-edge. A very good copy.
A substantial and scholarly history of Ancient Italy and the Mediterranean, from a celebrated historian, archaeologist, and politician, probably best remembered now for being one of the leaders of the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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