Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History, 2000, HC, NF.

Haynes, Sybille, and Marion True. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2000.

English, Near Fine, HC, 8vo, 10 1/4" x 7 3/4", [vii] xix, 432 pp.

ISBN: 0892365757

Navy blue cloth over board, blind stamped lettering to front panel and spine, production error of extra paper to bottom tips to first 8 pages, indentation to tail, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block, and endpapers. Near Fine blue pictorial dust jacket, featuring color detail of lid of marble sarcophagus from Vulci to front panel, color photograph of Tummulus, Banditaccia necropolis in Cerveteri to back panel, blue, white, and orange lettering to front panel and spine, white lettering to back and interior flaps, minor wear to tail at pressure indent, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [vii] xix, 432 pp. Includes 246 black-and-white and 84 color illustrations, 4 maps, including a Map of Etruria, Foreword by Marion True, Introduction, Abbreviations, Chapter One: The Villanovan Civilization, ca.900-720 B.C., Chapter Two: The Orientalizing Period and the Emergence of the Etruscan Cities, 720-575 B.C., Chapter Three: The Archaic Period, About 575-480 B.C., Chapter Four: Crisis and Renewal: The Fifth and Fourth Centuries, Chapter Five: The Hellenistic Period: Third to First Century, Bibliography, Illustration Credits, and Index. From the dust jacket: "Combining well-known aspects of Etruscan civilization with new discoveries and fresh insights into the role of women in Etruscan society, Sybille Haynes draws a comprehensive picture of a people and a culture…The text is organized both chronologically and thematically, interweaving archaeological evidence, analysis of social structure, description of trade and burial customs, and examination of pottery and works of art."