Harrel-Courtès, Henry.

Etruscan Italy [L’Italie des Étrusques]

New York: The Orion Press, 1964. Item #1287

8vo. 220 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. viii+ 221pp., including Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Two maps, 16 photographs, 4 line diagrams and figures, all interspersed within textblock. Publisher’s black cloth over boards, silver stamping on spine; unclipped illustrated jacket. Book is Fine, seemingly unread. Jacket is Very Good, with substantial sunning to spine.

First English Edition (first published in France in 1960). Henry Harrel-Courtès, an important French scholar of maritime law, studied the Etruscans as his avocational violon d’Ingres. Here he offers a meditative but authoritative journey by automobile through the Italian landscape where the Etruscans once flourished, detouring from time to time into scenic appreciation and modern museums to trace the vestiges of the Etruscan presence. “Like an eager host showing his personal collection to a newly arrived guest, he appealingly shares his reactions, insights and impressive grasp of Etruscan culture,” the jacket flap tells us.

Price: $30.00