Alexandria ad Aegyptum : Alexandria Municipality : A guide to the ancient and modern town, and to its Graeco-Roman museum
Bergamo: Istituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche, 1922.
Illustrated by Illustrated. 1st English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #15663
Rebound in thick hardcover with gilt spine lettering, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First English language edition of this early twentieth-century guide to the city of Alexandria, Egypt. "This translation was ready early in 1917, but its printing has been delayed by the war, by strikes and the many other difficulties that nowadays render publication slow and uncertain. ... Many additions have also been made in the text and numerous new illustrations have been added." - Preface to the English Edition. Breccia was an Italian egyptologist who conducted excavations from 1903-1937, was the second director of the Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria, and achieved popularity with this successful guide to Alexandria.; 368 pages.
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