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The cities and cemeteries of Etruria / by George Dennis ; edited by Pamela Hemphill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dennis, George, 1814-1898, author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 26
- Standardized Title:
- Cities and cemeteries of Etruria. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinct cities--Italy--Etruria.
- Extinct cities.
- Cemeteries--Italy--Etruria.
- Cemeteries.
- Etruscans.
- Italy--Antiquities.
- Italy.
- Italy--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- Abridged edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1985.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The best overall description of the remains and the topography of Etruscan sites. It conveys the fascination of a British traveler's path-breaking exploration of the sites in central Italy in the early 1840s and the obstacles he overcame to reach them.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD / Rhodes, Dennis E.
- PREFACE TO THE ABRIDGED EDITION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- VEII
- THE CITIES AND CEMETERIES OF ETRURIA. Vol I
- CHAPTER I. VEII.-THE CITY
- CHAPTER XVIII. NORCHIA.-ORCLE!
- CHAPTER XIX. BIEDA.-BLERA
- CHAPTER XXI. CERVETRI.-AGYLLA or CÆRE
- CHAPTER XXII. SANTA SEVERA-PYRGI
- CHAPTER XXV. CORNETO-TARQUINII
- CHAPTER XXVII. TARQUINII-THE CITY
- CHAPTER XXIX. VULCI
- CHAPTER XXXI. TOSCANELLA-TUSCANIA
- THE CITIES AND CEMETERIES OF ETRURIA. Vol II
- CHAPTER XXXIV. SOVANA-SUANA
- CHAPTER XXXVII. ORVIETO
- CHAPTER XLVI. POPULONIA-POPULONIA
- CHAPTER XLVII. ROSELLE-RUSELLÆ
- AFTERWORD
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Abridged reprint. Previously published: 3rd edition London : J. Murray, 1883. With new introductory material and bibliography.
- Bibliography: pages [lxi]-lxv.
- ISBN:
- 9780691639734
- 0691639736
- 9780691611747
- 0691611742
- 9780691002149
- 0691002142
- 9781400854882
- 1400854881
- OCLC:
- 889247303
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