Magick City: Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900, Volume II: The Eighteenth Century
Author:   Ronald Ridley
Publisher:   Pallas Athene Publishers
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9781843681397


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   05 October 2023
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Author:   Ronald Ridley
Publisher:   Pallas Athene Publishers
Imprint:   Pallas Athene Publishers
Weight:   0.398kg
ISBN:  

9781843681397


ISBN 10:   1843681390
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   05 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The Eighteenth Century 1 TRAVELLERS 1 INTRODUCTION 9 BASILICAS, CHURCHES AND CATACOMBS 25 PALACES 57 VILLAS 88 ANTIQUITIES 108 COLLECTIONS OF ANTIQUITIES 142 CONTEMPORARY ROME 146 WITNESSED EVENTS 185 PORTRAITS 198 SOURCE NOTES 228 List of Popes 237 List of Illustrations 238 Note on Leading Illustrators 242 Sources 243

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Ronald T. Ridley first taught at the University of Sydney, then at the University of Melbourne, retiring in 2005 from a personal chair. His research interests concentrate on Egyptian and Roman history, historiography and archaeology. He is the author of some fifteen books, including a history of Rome, a translation of Zosimus, biographies of Bernardino Drovetti and Carlo Fea, and The Eagle and the Spade (the archaelogy of Rome 1808-1814). He is a Fellow of the Antiquaries’ Society, the Royal Historical Society, the Pontifical Academy of Roman Archaeology, and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2019, he was awarded the Premio Daria Borghese for his Prince of Antiquarians: Francesco de Ficoroni. 

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