Large Print Set: Corinth Volume V, The Roman Villa, by Theodore Leslie Shear, 1930

Extravagantly produced large plates on art paper. This loose leaf set includes cover and all plates and illustrations except for Plate II, Sectional Restoration of the Villa (elevation, see last photo). Text pages not present. Pages included:

- Half title page
- Title page
- Dedication
- Plate: Head of Dionysus - Actual size
- Preface
- "The Roman Villa"
- Photos (figs.) of excavation site
- "The Plates"
- "Illustrations" - plates and figures list
- Plate I, Plan of the Villa
- Plate III, The Floor of the atrium, Room A
- Plate IV, The Picture on the South Side of the Atrium (Herdsman), from a watercolor study by N. J. Shear
- Plate V, The Picture on the South Side of the Atrium, from a facsimile copy by William B. Cash (not pictured here)
- Plate VI, The Picture on the East Side of the Atrium
- Plate VII, The Floor of the Room B
- Plate VIII, The Floor of Dining Room C
- Plate IX, The Picture of Europa on the Bull in Dining Room
- Plate X, The Floor of Room D
- Plate XI, The Floor of Room E

Data: each page ~ 25" x 32", deckle edge, cover cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87661-051-0

Condition: former library copy, pages may show small tears at edges/stray faint pencil mark at margins, Preface page shows chipped/torn corner, cover shows wear, spine compromised, pages show library stamp (Public Library, Brookline) at top back, cover shows library identification, Plate II missing (example shown in last photo)

Origin: Published for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, by the Harvard Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MCMXXX, printed in Germany

Excavated in 1925, the Roman villa at Corinth is famous for its well-preserved mosaics, showing goat herdsmen and other pastoral themes. Of rectangular design, they are curtailed or supplemented to fit into irregularly-shaped rooms, leading to the author’s suggestion that these were Late Hellenistic creations reused in a Roman context. The book is notable for its large size and portfolio format.

Reviews:
"The Roman Villa excavated at Corinth in 1925 is now published in magnificent form. The large plates reproducing all the mosaics in color from the skillful copies of Mrs. Nora Shear leave nothing to be desired and obviate the necessity for detail description. . . . The work is a splendid contribution to the materials available for the history and appreciation of ancient mosaics." G. W. Elderkin, AJA 35.3 (1931), p. 365.


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