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Richardson, Emeline : The Etruscans: Their Art and Civilisation

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964

First edition, very good condition but pages at base slightly water damaged (bubbling), in a very good unclipped ($7.95) dustjacket, original green and white patterned clothboards with gilt blocking to white cloth spine, 285 pages including bibliography, indices and notes plus 48 b/w photographic plates, - also including a scrap from The Times Literary Supplement (22 April 1965) reviewing the English edition ------'This book, extensively illustrated with new photographs of unfamiliar material, opens with a brief discussion of the possible origin of the Etruscans (Asia Minor?) and goes on to describe the physical geography of Etruria in ancient times, its buildings and roads, and gives a summary of its history through the first century BC. A detailed study of Etruscan art and architecture is followed by chapters on language and literature, music and dancing, and religion.'

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