Reprint. viii, 595pp. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations on red relief on spine. 8vo. Cloth slightly pushed at corners and spine ends. Ownership stamp on front free endpaper else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket, lightly bumped at edges, heavily sunned over spine, dulling titles.
Since first publication in the late 1950s, Bolgar's work on the legacy of the Classical World has come to be regarded as the standard book on the topic.
