Boston And New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Light wear to boards and jacket.. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. ix, 374pp. Gilt-stamped white cloth spine with red cloth sides. Top edges gilt. Red dust jacket with title stamped in gilt on spine. Heliotype and engraved plates and other illustrations throughout text. Discusses transformation of Rome from a pagan city into a Christian one, shrines, temples, churches, tombs, and cemeteries. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 54849
Title: Pagan and Christian Rome
Author: Lanciani, Rodolfo
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Light wear to boards and jacket.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston And New York
Date Published: 1893
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: ROME, Roman History, Italian History
Bookseller catalogs: Archaeology and Ancient History; European History;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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