The Colosseum / by Peter Quennell and the editors of the Newsweek Book Division.

Main entry:

Quennell, Peter, 1905-1993.

Title & Author:

The Colosseum / by Peter Quennell and the editors of the Newsweek Book Division.

Publication:

Description:

172 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), color facsimiles ; 30 cm.

Series:

Wonders of man

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 168) and index.
The story of the Colosseum / by Peter Quennell -- Roma Resurgens -- The bloody spectacle -- Pagan and Christian -- Twilight of the Eternal City -- Poets, popes and patriots -- The Romantic ruin -- While stands the Colosseum -- The Colosseum in literature.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Selections from literary works inspired by the ruin and reproductions of works of art accompany an illustrated history of the vast monument. Bibliog.

ISBN:

0882250000
9780882250007
0882250019
9780882250014

Subject:

Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Colisée (Rome, Italie)
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.

Added entries:

Newsweek, inc. Book Division.
Wonders of man.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 118725
Call No.: W9484; ID:86-B4015
Status: Available

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