Carthage and Tunis: The Old and New Gates of the Orient (2 vols.)
1906 · London
by Sladen, Douglas
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1906. VG- (Exlibrary, with spine and interior marks, and in library re-binding; plates pages contain perforation stamp; otherwise aged but clean.). 2 vols. Brown library buckram, gilt letters on spines, 663 pp., 62 BW illus., 6 color plates, 6 maps. A two-volume set that explores the history, geography, and turn-of-the-century culture of Carthage and Tunis. "Carthage was the gate of Eastern commerce, Tunis is the gate of Eastern life," the author says in the preface. He includes his own impressions of both places as he saw them in his day. Volume I deals with Carthage, Volume II deals with Tunis.Classical Art/Antiquities. (Inventory #: 147105)