Emile Bertaux — Rome

Paris, Librairie Renouard, 1905. Cloth. A French illustrated history of Rome, a beautiful and detailed work. In French.A detailed and well illustrated history of Rome's art from French art historian, Emile Bertaux.The book contains over a hundred and twenty illustrations of relics, architecture, paintings and sculptures.Chapters include the origins of Rome, the grand monuments of Roman architecture, the Roman sculptures of the empire and the influence of Raphael. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart though slightly rubbed in places. Rubbing to head and tail of spine and wear to corners. Light marks to front and rear boards. Front hinge is tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light spots to the folding map. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .