Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. 4to. 206pp, followed by 436 plates of illustrations. Purple cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine. The metropolis of Asia Minor, the Paris of the ancient world, Sardis was the place where the legendary Croesus ruled, where coinage was invented, and economy history revolutionized. This book provides an account of the city of Sardis, its city walls, its architecture and its urban development. Magnificently illustrated with 436 b/w plates of photographs, maps and graphs. In English. In fine condition. vg.