Rizzo, Thiasos, Greek bas-reliefs of Dionysian subjects

Giulio Emanuele Rizzo, Thiasos, Greek bas-reliefs of Dionysian subjects, edited by the author, Rome 1934, richly illustrated with beautiful images, 2 splendid vellum-covered plates, one on the frontispiece and one at the end of the volume, 36 cm, hardback ed.

Work printed in 250 numbered copies, this is no. 211.

A volume of great breadth and rare typographic elegance, it naturally fits into the same scholarly and editorial vein as Giulio Emanuele Rizzo's major publications on Greek coinage, from which it consciously adopts the format, structure, and editorial style: "Preliminary Essays on the Art of Money in Greek Sicily" (Rome 1938), "Intermezzo. New Archaeological Studies on Greek Coins in Sicily" (Rome 1939), and "Greek Coins of Sicily" (Rome 1946). Thiasos also contains sporadic numismatic references, inserted by the author within the broader and more coherent framework of the iconographic analysis of the bas-reliefs. Giulio Emanuele Rizzo was a leading archaeologist and numismatist: Superintendent of Antiquities of Eastern Sicily, then Director of the National Roman Museum, and as a university professor. His studies, particularly those dedicated to the Greek coinage of Sicily, are considered fundamental for their rigor and depth of vision and have significantly influenced 20th-century Italian archaeological and numismatic historiography.

In excellent condition, almost completely intact. Extremely rare.