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Grete Stefani, ed., Menander: La casa del Menandro di Pompei, Electa, 2003. Durable softcover, no jacket. Condition: near fine. Cover shows almost no wear; some very small specks of discoloration on back cover; corners sharp. Short quarto (9.0" W x 9.75" H); 230 pp. Cover illustration shows ancient Roman portrait of playwright Menander. Frontispiece: polychrome floor mosaic showing a Nilotic scene. Copiously illustrated with full-color photos, b/w photos, drawings. *** This is the catalogue for a museum show devoted to the House of the Menander at Pompeii, exhibited at the antiquarium in Boscoreale, March-June 2003. The House of the Menander is the large and spacious home of an aristocratic Pompeian family. Its excavation yielded a huge number of finds, including housewares, furniture, and tools in silver, glass, bronze, and terra cotta. The exhibition in 2003 put much of that material on display. This catalogue publishes that exhibition with beautiful photographs and includes information on the history, architecture, decoration, and excavation of the house. Text in Italian. Binding strong; text clean and bright, no markings.