Professor Buckman and C H Newmarch (1 results)

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blind stamped forest green cloth covered boards, gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains pp. (xxxii), 155 + [1] + [2 adverts], 11 engraved plates [including 4 folding], 44 wood engravings, including 1 hand-coloured, 15 pp list of subscribers. From the library of the British School at Rome with indigo stamp to the front paste down and recto and verso of the title, small embossed blind stamp to the upper margin of title, corners bumped, spine sun faded, internally a very good clean copy. A well illustrated account of one of Britain's principal Roman towns. Periodically throughout the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries a series of excavations in the town had unearthed a number of dwellings dating from the Roman occupation, the majority with magnificent tessellated pavements. The authors give exhaustive descriptions of the pavements, the materials used, their original colours and the method of construction, all amply illustrated. Tombs, pottery and coins are covered in the second half of the volume. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARCHAEOLOGY (Roman Britain).