Ave Roma Immortalis: Studies from the Chronicles of Rome (2 vols.)
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Hardcover. 2 vols. Tan cloth, gilt illus. on front covers, gilt top edges, 676 pp. total, 29 BW photogravures and 95 BW illus., set weighs 4 lbs. G (Much soiling or aging to covers esp. on spne; interior surfaces are clean; some pages remain uncut; both vols. SIGNED BY DUNCAN CLINCH PHILLIPS.). Item #144816
A two-volume illustrated Roman history and travelogue.penned by American author Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909). Enhanced by many uncredited line drawings and photogravures. Both volumes are signed on the first pages by previous owner Pittsburgh millionaire Duncan Clinch Phillips (1838-1917), whose art and library holdings established The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., after his death.
Price: $125.00