The Acropolis Museum: A Descriptive Catalogue

Brouskari, Maria S.

Athens: Commercial Bank of Greece, 1974. Hardcover. Autumn orange stamped cloth, blue & illus. dust jacket, 185 text pp. followed by pages with 379 BW plates at rear. G+ (DJ has moderate age, surface wear, and edge wear; edges of book block may have slight soiling; plate page edges are tanning lightly; text and illus. are clear.). Item #156412

Text is in English. "This book is a catalogue of the antiquities which in 1953-1964 were set up on display again in the Acropolis Museum after the last world war. ... [It] aims to assist the visitor who may wish to linger in front of the artworks in the museum a little longer than the person who is indifferent or even in a hurry and to be of help in eliciting the response which the works themselves deserve, to set forth the most important problems, to offer the essential information, and to give the basic bibliography. This book does not aspire to say the last word on the subject. In any event, those who have specialized studies in mind will of necessity turn back to the classic works on the subject to which the catalogue constantly refers." (preface).