Item #30209 History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan and Roman ... Based on the work of Samuel Birch ( Two Volume Set ). Henry Beauchamp Walters, Ancient Pottery, Myth, H. B. WALTERS, Samuel Birch.
History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan and Roman ... Based on the work of Samuel Birch ( Two Volume Set ).
History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan and Roman ... Based on the work of Samuel Birch ( Two Volume Set ).
History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan and Roman ... Based on the work of Samuel Birch ( Two Volume Set ).

History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan and Roman ... Based on the work of Samuel Birch ( Two Volume Set ).

London: John Murray, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover, large Octavos, xxxvi + 504pp & xiv + 588pp, Original blue cloth with gilt vase devices on upper boards and gilt titling to spine, 8 colour plates, 300 b/w plates and text ills, bibliography, index. An extensive study of ancient Greece, Rome and the Etruscan area, drawn from earlier works by the great scholar Samuel Birch (1813–1885), well known as an Egyptologist, and for a time Keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities in the British Museum. The work includes a vast amount of material on classical mythology (which of course formed the basis of many of the decorations) as well as on the archaeological researches which uncovered the objects studied. Spines very slightly darkened and lightly chafed at head and foot with a few tiny tears to spine ends of Vol. I, corners bruised and lightly rubbed, faint flecking to cloth at edges of boards. Overall a solid, clean VG+ set. Large heavy set, additional shipping charges will apply. Was $150.00. Item #30209

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