Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd, London, 1900
First Edition Signed
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition archaeological study of St Peter"s presence and supposed tomb in Rome, supported by extensive illustrations and an authorial inscription. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition.Inscribed "From the Author July 2nd 1900", to the title page.Illustrated with 30 plates, including a fold-out plan and the fold-out frontispiece, alongside numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.A detailed archaeological and historical study of St Peter"s presence in Rome, examining textual sources, early Christian tradition, and evidence relating to the Apostle"s burial beneath the Vatican Hill. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart. Spine faded. Slight discolouration to extremities. One or two minor handling marks. Offsetting and light scattered spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Inscribed from the author to the title page. Very Good. signed by author. book.