THE WATERS OF ROME: AQUEDUCTS, FOUNTAINS, AND THE BIRTH OF THE BAROQUE CITY
Published by Yale University Press. 1st. 2010
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. A study of the water infrastructure of Renaissance Rome andf a new understanding of how technological and scientific developments in aqueduct and fountain architecture helped turn a medieval backwater into the preeminent city of early modern Europe. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations.
Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny patch of surface paper loss to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
ISBN: 9780300155303
Stock no. 1824571
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ARCHITECTURE
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