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Ernst Guhl; Wilhelm Koner, Hellas and Rome: The Life of the Greeks and Romans, Vol. I–II in 1 vol. [1896]

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Title: Hellas and Rome. The Life of the Greeks and Romans. Vol. I–II in 1 vol.
Authors: GUHL, Ernst (1819–1862), KONER, Wilhelm (1817–1887) [German art historians and classical archaeologists, professors at the University of Berlin]
Scholarly editing: Dr. Ryszard Engelmann (1844–1909) [classical archaeologist, scholar of ancient iconography]
Translation: Stanisław Mieczyński (1842–1910) [educator, classical philologist, encyclopedist, and translator of ancient literature]

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About this copy

Publisher: Published and printed by Gebethner and Wolff, Warsaw

Year of publication: 1896

Size: 24 cm

Volume: 488; 395 (two volumes in one book, totaling 883 pages), with 1,061 illustrations in the text.

Binding: period half-leather, with visible wear.

“Hellada and Roma” by Ernst Guhl and Wilhelm Koner, Berlin-based archaeologists, edited by Dr. Ryszard Engelmann, is a richly illustrated compendium of the daily life of the Greeks and Romans. It describes architecture, clothing and jewelry, vessels and weapons, games and theater, rituals and domestic life, with illustrations based on museum and archaeological artifacts. Volume I covers Greece from the Archaic period to Hellenism; Volume II covers Rome from the royal era to the decline of the Empire. Translated by Stanisław Mieczyński, an educator and classical philologist who contributed to the Orgelbrand Encyclopedia. The text contains 1,061 illustrations.

Minor soiling. Period half-leather binding with scuffs.

An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.

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