The Two Books on the Water Supply of the City of Rome of Sextus Julius Frontinus, Water Commissioner of the City of Rome A.D. 97. A translation into English, and explanatory chapters, by Clemens Herschel Hydraulic Engineer.

Frontinus, Sextus Julius; Clemens Herschel, translation and explanation; Russell H. Babcock and James H. Matera, introduction

Published by Boston, New England Water Works Association, 1973.

About this Item

First edition thus, second edition with some new contents. First published in 1899. Orig. cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. This reprint has a long introduction concerning Clemens Herschel and the history of the original manuscript and its publication. Pages somewhat rippled, otherwise very good, clean copy. Browsing the autobiography of Robert Ridgway (1940), a civil engineer who worked on constructing the water tunnels serving New York City, we came across a reference to Frontinus. Ridgway wrote of reading Herschel's original edition and found Frontinus' managerial approach of value to his own work, nearly two millennia later. Many say water will be the resource issue of the coming century, so reading up on Frontinus may be of more than antiquarian interest.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Two Books on the Water Supply of the City of Rome of Sextus Julius Frontinus, Water Commissioner of the City of Rome A.D. 97. A translation into English, and explanatory chapters, by Clemens Herschel Hydraulic Engineer.
• Publisher: Boston, New England Water Works Association, 1973.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalogue XVI