Rome and its story / by St. Clair Baddeley and Lina Duff Gordon. Illustrated by Aubrey Waterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baddeley, Welbore St. Clair, 1856-1945.

Contributor:

Gordon, Lina Duff, 1874-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Robert Frost Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome (Italy)--Antiquities.

Rome (Italy).

Rome (Italy)--History.

Antiquities.

Italy--Rome.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 384 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of color plates : illustrations (some color, some folded), plans. ; 24 cm

Manufacture:

Edinburgh : Turnbull and Spears, Printers.

Place of Publication:

London : J. M. Dent & Co.; New York : The Macmillan Co., 1904.

Contents:

Part I. Ancient Rome

Part II. Christian Rome.

Notes:

Title page printed in red and black.

"To present, within the compass of a single volume, anything like a serviceable sketch of the history and monuments of the city of Rome, is a task of extreme difficulty, and on which it might take the labour of years to perform with any approach to completeness."--Preface.

"The majority of the three-colour, half-tone and line blocks for this book have been made by the Graphic Photo-Engraving Co., London."

Includes index.

Red cloth boards with bevelled edges. Gilt titles on front cover and spine surrounded by gilt floral design.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has unopened leaves.

Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.

Other Format:

Online version: Baddeley, Welbore St. Clair, 1856- Rome and its story.

OCLC:

1620225