HOUSES AND SOCIETY IN POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM Tapa dura - 1994

Princeton University Press, 1994. 1st printing. Unmarked copy with mild toning to page edges. Full cloth binding. 264pp. Many diagrams, photos in b&w, and a section of glossy color photos. Very nice jacket now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Princeton University Press. Used - Very Good. 1994. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. xix & 244 pp. Illustrated. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Foxing to edges of text block. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Archae/Rome).

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 244p. A hardcover book in essentially fine condition with a fine dustjacket. Like new, except that the top and bottom of the book's spine are slightly faded. Jacket fully intact. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a section of color plates.

Princeton University Press. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0691069875 . Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Underlining in pen to pages. Small stain to top of front panel of DJ. A few scratches to back panel of DJ . ; Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure. Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton University Press, 1994-05-02. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!