first edition Hardcover
1914 · S.-Peterburg
by Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovitch, 1870-1952
S.-Peterburg: Izd. Imperatorskoi arkeologicheskoi kommissii, 1914. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. Text volume: index, xviii, 537p. Atlas volume: [4], 10, [2] plus 113 unbound plates (numbered I-CXII plus LIX A and containing 23 in color and the balance in black & white)). Atlas is a flapped hardcover portfolio volume (38cm.) bound in what appears to be original 1/4 cloth. The text volume (40cm.) is bound in contemporary dark marbled boards which were rebacked at some later time in cloth which is close in color to that on the atlas volume. First 40 pages detached in text volume and there is some bumping and other wear along fore-edge. Russian text. Ancient Decorative Painting in South Russia.
(Inventory #: 86731)