The Roman villa: an historical introduction / John Percival
1976, Book Club Edition. London: Book Club Association. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #335715
Physical description: 230 pages: illustrations; 26 cm. Summary: Surveys present knowledge of the villa in the Western Empire under the chapter headings: sources, origins and historical development, regional types and distributions (from the Balkans to Britain), pattern of agriculture in the western provinces, villa society and tenure patterns, economy and investment, 4th century and beyond, and villas, churches and monasteries. Subjects: Dwellings Rome. Architecture, Domestic Rome. Habitations Rome. Architecture, Domestic Italy Rome. Dwellings Rome. Country homes Italy. Architecture, roman - architectural elements. Architecture, roman - Building types. Rome Social life and customs. Villas Europe Classical Antiquity. Rome Rural conditions. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €12.95