Excavations Beside the North-West Gate at Veii, 1957-58
Softcover
1959
by Ward-Perkins, J.B.
Reprinted from the Papers of the British School at Rome, 1959. Softcover. vg. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo. Original wrappers rebound in blue cloth with title-plate. Minor scuffing to boards. Some discoloration and staining to wraps. The ruins of Veii are located about 15 miles northwest of Rome. Veii was the greatest centre for fabrication of terra-cotta sculptures in Etruria in the 6th Century B.C. "The excavations here described were undertaken by the British School at Rome on behalf of the Superintendency of Antiquities for Southern Etruria...The purpose of the (truncated)