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Author:

Grant, Michael, 1914-2004, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkXqd8cRBVXHtGCDhbGHC

Title:

Pompeii & Herculaneum : cities of Vesuvius / Michael Grant ; introduction by Andrew Wallace-Hadhill.

Publisher:

The Folio Society,

Copyright Date:

2006, 1971

Description:

xxxiv, 196 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 26 cm

Subject:

Pompeii (Extinct city)--Antiquities.
Pompeii (Extinct city)--History.
Herculaneum (Extinct city)--Antiquities.
Herculaneum (Extinct city)--History.
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Herculaneum (Extinct City)
Italy--Antiquities.
Pompéi (Ville ancienne)--Histoire.
Herculanum (Ville ancienne)--Histoire.
Antiquities.
Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city)
History.

Other Authors:

Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew.
Meyers, Virginia, donor. IaU
Folio Society (London, England)

Notes:

Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index. Revised from the edition published as: Cities of Vesuvius. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971. One of five volumes issued in the set: Lost cities of the ancient world; set title from slipcase.

Contents:

The history of Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Vesuvius -- The towns and their meeting places -- Temples, Gods and Goddesses, and philosophers -- Private houses in town and country -- Paintings, mosaics and furniture -- Farms and trades -- Public life and sexual life.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1431002301

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)