Die Villa des Maxentius bei Piazza Armerina (Monumenta Artis Romanae, XII)
Hardcover
1973 · Berlin
by Kahler, Heinz
Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1973. Hardcover. G (Covers have sunned or faded along spine and top edges; pages are tanning lightly in margins; former owner name and year on first page; otherwise nice.). Light aqua paper boards, 56 text pp. followed by 56 BW plate pp. Text is in German. Showcases the structure and decoration of the Villa Romana del Casala in Sicily, which is said to have the largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world. The explanatory text here is followed by more than 50 illustrations of the site and the mosiacs. Alas, they are in black-and-white. A scarce volume. (Inventory #: 156021)