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Vom alten Rom

Petersen, Eugen (Eugen Adolf Hermann), 1836-1919 · 1900 · Leipzig, E.A. Seeman · 28 pictures

Vom alten Rom is a German guidebook to ancient Rome by the archaeologist Eugen Petersen, published in Leipzig by E.A. Seeman in 1900 for travellers and students of classical antiquity. Its photographs show Roman temple facades, a frieze of winged animals above a Corinthian capital, and excavated ruins with printed text pages beside them, giving a designer clear models of classical colonnades, carved relief, and stone architecture.

Art, Greco-Roman · Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities

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