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Romae antiquae notitia, or, The antiquities of Rome : in two parts. ... : with copper cuts of the principal buildings, &c. : to which are prefixed two essays, concerning the Roman learning, and the Roman education / by Basil Kennett ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DG76 .K46 1793
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennett, Basil, 1674-1715.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--Antiquities.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Antiquities.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gilpin, H.E. (stamp)
- Gilpin, I. (bookplate)
- Burke, Edmund F. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 18 unnumbered pages, xxx, 375 pages, 27 unnumbered pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates (7 folded) : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The seventeenth edition, corrected and improved.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for T. Longman [and 10 others] ..., 1793.
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) I. A short history of the rise, progress, and decay of the commonwealth
- II. A description of the city: an account of the religion, civil government, and art of war; with the remarkable customs and ceremonies, publick and private.
- Notes:
- "Scriptores qui in duodecim tomis Thesauri antiquitatum Romanorum a magno Graevio congesti inveniuntur" on last four leaves.
- Contains:
- Antiquities of Rome.
- OCLC:
- 19938213
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