Description and condition: Green boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 230pp, index, select bibliography, notes and references, maps, plans, b/w illustrations. Very good with nice clean pages. In good or better, clipped, dustcover with light edgewear. Contents: Definitions; the sources of evidence; origins and historical development; regional types and distributions; the pattern of agriculture in the Western Provinces; villa society and tenure patterns; villa economy and investment; the fourth century and beyond; villas, churches and monasteries. |