A MANUAL OF ROMAN ANTIQUITIES by Ramsay, William (with Rodolfo Lanciani) - 1894

London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1894. (xv) 573 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; brown endpapers; illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and fold-out maps. Light wear at the corners with some fading on the spine; previous owner's name inside. A revised and enlarged edition with the revision and the extra writing done by Rodolfo Lanciani, a professor of ancient topography at the University of Rome. The Contents are: Preface to the Fifteenth Edition by T. Edmondston Charles; Preface; List of Illustrations; Topography of Rome; On the Origin of the Roman People; On the General Principles of the Roman Constitution; The Comitia; Magistrates of the Regal and Republican Periods and Under the Early Emperors; The Senate; On the Public Lands and the Agrarian Laws; The Roman Revenues; Roman Law and the Administration of Justice; Religion of Rome; The Roman Calendar; The Military and Naval Affairs of the Romans; Roman Weights and Measures - Coins - Computation of Money - Interest of Money; Private Life of the Romans; and Agriculture; followed by an index.. Fifteenth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.