Guida archeologica di Roma [Archaeological Guide to Rome]. Second edition.

Filippo Coarelli. Guida archeologica di Roma [Archaeological Guide to Rome]. Second edition, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1975. Hardcover, issued without jacket. Condition: VG. Shelf wear head and tail of spine; spine slightly faded; embossed ex libris seal lower edge title page. Octavo: 359 pp. Red buckram cover with image of the interior of the Colosseum. Ffeps show line drawn map of the ancient city with 129 features numbered and identified. Text abundantly illustrated with color and b/w photos of sites, architecture, wall paintings, sculpture, etc. Many maps, plans and sections of buildings, explanatory drawings of archaeological sites. Text includes appendices on construction techniques and materials; catalog and genealogy of Roman emperors; detailed Bibliography organized by region of the city; Index to sites and monuments. Clean copy; no markings. Text in Italian. *** This book represents a detailed and analytic tour through the antiquities of ancient Rome, from its archaic period until the late Empire, complete and thorough in its scope. Filippo Coarelli is Professor of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Perugia, and a renowned archaeologist and scholar of Roman topography.…