The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Brossura

Dennis, George

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1440068631 ISBN 13: 9781440068638

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2012

Riassunto

Etruria between the years 1842 and 1847. It has been written under the impression that the Antiquities of that land, which have excited intense interest in Italy and Germany during the last twenty or thirty years, deserve more attention than they have hitherto received from the British public; especially from those swarms of our countrymen who annually traverse that classic region in their migrations between Florence and Rome. A few Englishmen, eminent for rank or acquirements, have long been practically acquainted with the subject but till the appearance of Mrs. Hamilton Gray swork on The Sepulchres of Etruria the public at large was in a state of profound ignorance or indifference. That lady is deserving of all praise for having first introduced Etruria to the notice of her countrymen, and for having, by the graces of her style and power of her imagination, rendered a subject so proverbially dry and uninviting as A ntiquity, not only palatable but highly attractive. Her work, however, is far from satisfactory, as all who have used it as a Guide will confess ;for there are many sites of high interest which she has not described, and on some of those of which she has treated many remarkable monuments have been subsequently discovered. It is to supply such deficiencies that I offer these volumes to the public.
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• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1440068631
• ISBN 13: 9781440068638
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 642