THE HISTORY OF ROME
Book Details + Condition: Scribner, Armstrong and Co (New York). Early Edition, 1872. Four-volume hardcover set. Pagination: 635; 568; 571; 738pp - with fold-out map and Index. Mommsen's History of Rome chronicles the ancient empire's society and government, from the second century BC to the end of the Republic and rise of Julius Caesar. Mommsen rejected traditional Enlightenment accounts of the Roman Empire, which glorified ancient Rome; he was instead guided by a new and rigorous criticism of sources, thus beginning the demythologization of Roman history.
For all volumes: firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards; chafed spine ends; New Orleans bookseller sticker to inside front boards; owner name to ffep; pencil bracketing and notations present throughout the 4 volumes.
