The Golden House of Nero: Some Aspects of Roman Architecture

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1960. Hardcover. vg. 4to. [12],195pp. Dark gray cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. "The Golden House of Nero tells the story of town-planning and architecture in Rome from the primitive huts of the 8th century B.C. to the brick-faced tenements of 1000 years later." Illustrated with over 100 b/w reproductions of photographs and architectural plans. Blind stamp of Ann E. Beaton on title-page. Tail of spine and tiny area of bottom edge on front board slightly bumped. Minor creasing and scuffing (truncated) on dj. Tight copy with dj and binding in very good, interior in near fine condition. Fifth series of Jerome Lectures. (Inventory #: 26155)