Rome and the Campagna : an historical and topographical description of the site, buildings, and neighbourhood of ancient Rome : with an appendix and additional plan illustrating recent excavations / by Robert Burn ; with 85 illustrations by Jewitt, and 25 maps and plans.

Robert Burn 1829-1904.

RA Collection: Book

Record number

13/1016

Author

Robert Burn, 1829-1904.

Imprint

Cambridge ; London :: Deighton, Bell and Co. ; George Bell and Sons,, 1876.

Physical Description

lxxxiii, 483 p., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., front., maps, plans ; 29 cm.

General Note

"List of the principal books on Roman topography and archæology quoted in the notes": p. [xvii]-xx. "Chronological table of the principal buildings in Rome and the Campagna": p. lxxx-lxxxiii.
First edition: 1871.

Bibliography Note

Contains bibliographical references and index.

References

Frank Broomhead, The book illustrations of Orlando Jewitt, (Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1995), p. 223, no. 254.2; see also ibid., pp. 107-09.

Provenance

Purchased for the RA Library in 1886.

Binding Note

Publisher's brick-red cloth, decorated in black and gilt, with title blocked on upper cover; 'R.A.' stamped in gilt above publisher's name at foot of spine; top-edge gilt, black endpapers.

Contributors

Orlando Jewitt, illustrator