Ancient faces: mummy portraits from Roman Egypt / Susan Walker and Morris Bierbrier; with Paul Roberts and John Taylor

London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 224 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 28 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London in 1997 (p. 7) and at Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, 22 Oct., 1997-28 Feb., 1998 (It. cat. : half t.p.). ""This volume also serves as Part IV of A Catalogue of Roman Portraits in the British Museum."" The majority of portraits in this exhibition, a joint project of the Dept. of Egyptian Antiquities and the Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum, are from the British Museum. Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217). ""This volume also serves as Part IV of A catalogue of the Roman portraits in the British Museum"". Subjects: British Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities; Exhibitions. British Museum; Exhibitions. British Museum. Mummy portraits England London; Exhibitions. Portraits, Roman Catalogs. Portraits. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated.