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"we will follow a patrician lady through the various occupations that fill her day"...
In-12 plate established in a cardboard binding à la Bradel in half cloth, spine decorated with a piece of the title along the length with golden letters.
Covers preserved, the first with a small angular restoration. Immaculate interior.
Author: Fernand Nicolay
Title :
The day of a Roman lady under the Caesars: the toilet: the mail: the slave market: the temple: the wedding at the temple: the visits: the dinner: the theater: the evening. Historical curiosity
Publisher: Paris, Le Clerc, undated ca 1899 vol. in-12 of viii+19 pp
Subject ; Fernand Nicolaÿ The day of a Roman lady under the Caesars 1899 women in antiquity 67512765