WALKS IN ROME

George Allen, 1903

165.00 €

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Year of publication

1903

Place of printing

London

Author

Hare

Publishers

George Allen

Description

2 volumes. Early Edition. With a folding map showing the streets for walking in Rome as frontispiece to Vol. I and a number of other folding maps and illustrations. Small 8vo, publisher's original black cloth lettered in gilt and ruled in red on the spine, the covers ruled in red, the upper covers with pictorial decorations of a scene in the Roman Forum in gilt at the center of the boards. viii, 350; vi, 352 pp. A fine set, the bindings in pleasing condition, the hinges tight and strong and in good order, the text-blocks clean.

Edizione: a well respected guide to walking in rome with emphasis on the historical, cultural and artistic. good maps are provided and a quite good history of the various scenes, architecture and collections available to a wanderer on the streets of rome. hare's fine work was printed many times over the course of many years in both england and the united states.