A Roman Pilgrimage
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., [1918]. With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by William Pascoe and Eight others Illustrations. Item #990
8vo. 225 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 1/2 inches]. [xii], 274 pp., plus31 pp. ads for Methuen publications, dated February 1931. Bound in Original blue cloth, title in gilt set within a gilt wreathe on upper board, spine decorated inleaf and vine pattern in gilt. Very good copy.
First edition of Roberts elegy to Rome with chapters on the Vatican, the Forum and ancient ruins, the catecombs, Roman roads and aqueducts, a short history of the Papacy and discoveries made in the chruches of Rome. Well illustrated and written in a breezy style.
Price: $125.00