8. THE AQUEDUCTS OF ROME, Traced from their Sources to their Mouths, with Thirty-six Plates, Maps, and Plans. Medium 8vo., cloth, 15s. 9. THE TOMBS IN AND NEAR ROME, With the Columbaria and the Painted Tombs on the Via Latina, with Twenty-four Plates in Photo-engraving. 10. Mythology in Funereal Sculpture, and Early Christian Sculpture, with Sixteen Plates. These two Parts in one Volume. 8vo., 15s. "This volume is, perhaps, the most full of interest of the entire series which Mr. Parker has given to the world. It does not, indeed, profess to give an account of all the sepulchral edifices in that 'City of Tombs,' Rome. . . . And having thus a manageable number of examples to deal with, he has given a clear and intelligible description of each, with a photograph. It would hardly be too much to say that these photographs are altogether priceless in a work of this kind. . . . The second part is an enumeration, partial but very valuable as far as it goes, of those miscellaneous remains of the art treasures of antiquity, not onetenth of which the ordinary tourist ever sees, and which require to be sought out with the care, pertinacity, and unlimited command of time which were so remarkably united in Mr. J. H. Parker during his long residence in Rome." The Literary Churchman, Dec. 15, 1877. "They are profusely illustrated, like their predecessors, with photographs reproduced by mechanical processes, and they give careful and minute notices of the antiquities discussed in them-the Tombs in and near Rome, and the Catacombs-treating them as a whole rather than with reference to any new discovery or special investigation. But so much has been going on of late years in Rome that it is impossible to do this thoroughly without describing a great deal that will be new to all but those who have been anxiously watching the explorations and noting their results. The descriptions of these novelties are of course the most interesting portions of the present volumes; though it must be added that we know of no more exhaustive treatises on the subjects here specially discussed, and of no more useful companions for the archæologist in Rome."-The Standard, Jan. 3, 1878. 66 Among the antiquities of a great nation its tombs always hold a foremost place. They are invariably an index to its character and its ideas. Hence they are invaluable to the historian and archæologist. In the volume before us we have a minute and detailed description of some of the most striking among the old Roman tombs. Their number, it appears, is almost innumerable, and their forms exhibit every conceivable variety, although certain types seem to have been special favourites. A pyramid or a massive tower often covers the remains of the illustrious dead."-The Spectator, March 23, 1878. 11. CHURCH AND ALTAR DECORATIONS IN ROME, Including Mosaic Pictures and Cosmati Work, with Twenty Plates and numerous Diagrams. Medium 8vo., cloth, 10s. 6d. This gives a Chronological series of the Mosaic Pictures in the Churches, and the ornamentation of the altars in the thirteenth century. "This is one of the most interesting in the excellent series of archæological works recently published by Mr. Parker. It is in reality a history of Christian painting at Rome during the early and middle ages. It gives a description and illustrations of some of the more celebrated mosaics from the beginning of the fourth century."-The Churchman, May 12, 1878. "This will be to many a more interesting book than that which we recently noticed-Mr. Parker's account of the Roman Aqueducts. For Mosaics belong to the whole course of Roman art, heathen and Christian; and nothing is more curious than to trace the gradual substitution of modern for antique forms in such a series as that described and figured in this volume."-John Bull. 12. THE CATACOMBS, OR ANCIENT CEMETERIES OF ROME, with Twenty-four Plates and Shewing their construction, and the Fresco Paintings from photographs taken with the light of Magnesium, the only authentic representations of them. Also the Gilt Glass Vases. "Mr. J. Henry Parker's unwearied labours have resulted in throwing a flood of light on everything connected with Ancient Rome. But for his devotion, his enthusiasm, his industry, and his intelligence, the student would have lost many a fact which he now finds of great utility, and have yielded to many a delusion which topographers and antiquaries have maintained through imperfect knowledge. Were it only for his matchless series of photographs, the literary world would owe him a tribute of gratitude; but it would be unfair not to acknowledge also our debt to his scholarly research, and to the energy which is constantly opening up new fields of inquiry. No future writer on the antiquities of Rome can afford to ignore the results Mr. Parker has arrived at; and we may be sure that his rich stores of material will be extensively quarried by every investigator."-The Scottish Guardian, Dec. 21, 1877. "He has thus shewn us the evidence, and this gives his book its permanent value, independently of his own views on any disputed question. He points out how often the Catacombs have been restored, and a comparison of the frescopaintings in them with the mosaic pictures in the churches, which are all dated, shews that the paintings are not of so early a date as is commonly supposed; they generally belong to the later restorations, and the gilt-glass vases found in them give the same evidence."-The Academy, Sept. 14, 1878. "The Catacombs of Rome have an exceptional interest among antiquities. As Christian memorials, they are connected with our own age and its sentiments in a way which does not in the least belong to the most remarkable relics of Paganism."-The Spectator, Feb. 9, 1878. "The two latest volumes of Mr. Parker's valuable series of works on Roman Archæology are fully as erudite and elaborate as those which have preceded them. The subjects they treat of, the Tombs, Roman Sculpture, and the Catacombs, are of a more generally interesting nature than those dealt with in earlier volumes, the Catacombs in especial being endeared to so many for reasons the reverse of historical."-The Examiner, Dec. 29, 1877. "Rome is in every sense inexhaustible, and the series of Mr. Parker's volumes, already a long one, might have been continued almost indefinitely. But advancing years and failing health have compelled their author to abandon his Roman home. Few names have been better known in the archæological world for the last half-century than that of John Henry Parker, and few labourers in the cause have done better service. The 'Gothic revival' is deeply indebted to him."— The Standard, Jan. 3, 1878. 13. EARLY AND MEDIEVAL CASTLES, OR PALACES AND GARDENS, with Sixteen Plates and Plans. Also a complete account of the Excavations in Rome from 1860 to the present time. THE TEMPLE OF ROMA, AND THE MARBLE PLAN OF ROME Originally under the Porticus of it, with Twenty-three Plates, giving "Each new work he issues adds materially to the stock of our knowledge of what ancient Rome must have been really like, and tends to clear away many of the errors into which scholars as well as the public have been led by too ready a reliance on the dicta of the many distinguished men who have devoted their abilities to the study of Roman topography.”—Athenæum. HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS, FROM MR. PARKER'S SERIES: In Quarto Volumes, neatly bound in Cloth, with gilt edges, for presents, or for Libraries, at prices varying from £1 10s. to £3, according to the number of Photographs in each Volume, including the cost of mounting them with Marion's glue, which makes them permanent. Some persons complain of my referring in this work to photographs that are not engraved in the book; the explanation of this is, that to have given engravings of all the objects to which I have occasion to refer would have doubled the price of the book, which is already far higher than I wished or intended. But people who have not been to Rome during the time that these excavations have been carrying on, have no idea of the enormous extent of them. As my work is grounded upon existing remains brought to light for the first time in the nineteenth century, and not upon other books, I must refer to these remains as my witnesses, and it is surely better to refer people to photographs which they can see in a public library, or can easily obtain, than to tell them to go to Rome and see the objects referred to. In some instances the object is no longer visible, either being destroyed or buried again. I have endeavoured to make these photographs easily accessible, and have arranged them in volumes according to the subjects, corresponding to the volumes of the book. They are double the size of the Photoengravings, and therefore details can be more clearly seen in them. THE WALLS OF THE KINGS ON THE HILLS OF ROME, Twenty-four Photographs, £1. 145. THE PALATINE HILL. Thirty Photographs, £2. THE WALLS AND GATES OF ROME, OF THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE AND OF THE POPES. Thirty Photographs, £2. THE HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS, FROM THE TIME OF THE KINGS OF ROME TO THE Middle Ages, THE AQUEDUcts, from their Sources tO THEIR MOUTHS. THE CATACOMBS, OR CEMETERIES OF ROME, THEIR CONSTRUCTION, AND THE FRESCO PAINTINGS IN THEM, TAKEN WITH THE LIGHT OF MAGNESIUM. Thirty Photographs, £2. FORUM ROMANUM. Twenty Photographs, £1. 10s. THE COLOSSEUM. Forty Photographs, £2. 10s. SCULPTURE-STATUES. Thirty Photographs, £2. SCULPTURE-BAS-RELIEFS. Thirty Photographs, £2. PAGAN SARCOPHAGI. CHRISTIAN SARCOPHAGI. Twenty Photographs, £1. 10s. MOSAIC PICTURES UP TO THE NINTH CENTURY. AND FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Forty Photographs, £2. 10s. FRESCO PAINTINGS. CHURCH AND ALTAR DECORATIONS-COSMATI WORK. REMAINS OF THE CITY OF POMPEII. Also in Quarto, price Five Guineas, in Cloth, SELECTED AS THE BEST AND MOST INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHS, by W. S. W. VAUX, Esq., M.A., Balliol College. The Photographs are also sold separately, at 1s. each, unmounted. These can be obtained by ordering THE NUMBERS of Mr. STANFORD, CHARING-CROSS, usually in a week. ALBUMS for mounting these Photographs, to hold One Hundred, 5s.; to hold Fifty, 45. 7 THE BIBLE OF THE MONASTERY OF ST. PAUL, Described and Compared with other Carlovingian Manuscripts: HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS. A CATALOGUE OF 3391 PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANTIQUITIES IN ROME AND ITALY, with the Dates, historical or approximative, and a Systematic Index. Wherever it was required and was practicable a six-foot rule, with each foot painted alternately black and white, is used as a scale in these photographs. A considerable part of these are of the "Walls of the Kings" in Rome, and corresponding walls of other ancient cities on the hills of Italy. "For the present state of monuments and examples, Mr. J. H. Parker's collection of Roman and other Photographs stands by itself, as a unique and invaluable addition to modern means of accurate knowledge."-Rev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt, in Preface to "The Art Teaching of the Primitive Church." Nearly ready, PLANS OF ANCIENT ROME. This I. THE PLAN OF ROME, in 1860, engraved by W. HARWOOD. is taken as the ground-work; it is generally acknowledged to be the best Plan that had then been published. It has also the advantage of a copious index of subjects on the Plate, and a numerical index to each Rione. Upon this are printed in different colours the following subjects. II. Neutral tint, shewing the valleys and the fossæ dark-the hills light. III. Red. THE WALLS OF TUFA OF THE TIME OF THE KINGS, including the Primitive Fortifications on the seven hills as separate fortresses, and the first three Walls of Rome. 1. ROMA QUADRATA, according to Livy [i. 7]; Dionysius [ii. 37]; and Tacitus [Ann. xii. 24]. |