Cleopatra of Egypt: from history to myth / edited by Susan Walker and Peter Higgs

London: British Museum Press, 2001. 1st edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 384 pages: illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits; 30 cm. Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition organized by the British Museum in collaboration with the Fondazione Memmo, Rome - T.p. verso. Published on behalf of the Trustees of the British Museum. Exhibition held at the British Museum, London, 12 Apr.-26 Aug. 2001 (Burlington 4/01). Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Sins of the fathers: inheritance of Cleopatra, last queen of Egypt / Andrew Meadows -- Alexandria / John Ray -- Cleopatra's images: reflections of reality / Susan Walker -- Identifying the Egyptian-style Ptolemaic queens / Sally-Ann Ashton -- 'Spoiling the Egyptians': Octavian and Cleopatra / J.H.C. Williams -- Searching for Cleopatra's image: classical portraits in stone / Peter Higgs -- Was Cleopatra beautiful? The conflicting answers of numismatics / Guy Weill Goudchaux -- Egyptian influence in Italy / Carla Alfano -- Anything truth can do, we can do better: the Cleopatra legend / Christopher Pelling -- The myth of Cleopatra since the Renaissance / Mary Hamer. Subjects: Cleopatra Queen of Egypt -30 B.C.; Exhibitions. Cleopatra Queen of Egypt d. 30 B.C. British Museum; Exhibitions. Queens Egypt; Exhibitions. Antiquities. Civilization. Queens. Egypt History 330-30 B.C. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated.