Etruscan Tomb Paintings; Their Subjects and Significance
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1922. First English language edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. [9], x, [1], 2-63, [1] pp. Quarter beige cloth over grey paper boards with a white paper label printed in black on the front board, spine lettered in black. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-one black and white plates and one in-text drawing. Translated by Ingeborg Andersen, M.A. An informative study on Etruscan wall paintings based on excavations made in tombs at Corneto and Chiusi. Orginally published in Danish in 1919, this is the first publication in English. Poulsen's study informs the reader what archaeologists and historians can learn about Etruscan religion, gender roles, warfare, and other cultural aspects of their civilization from the tomb paintings they left for their dead. Very near Fine / Very Good. Item #00009906
Book is close to Fine, glassine dustwrapper shows a tear to the front panel and a few small chips.
Price: $85.00