RENARD, M.,
Initiation a l'Etruscologie. Préface d'A. Grenier.
Lebègue, Bruxelles, 1943. 89,XVIp. ills. Sewn wrps. Cover and wrps worn. Series: Collection Lebègue. ‘It is not an easy task to expose in a clear and rapid synthesis the origins and history of the Etruscans, their language and ‘literature’, their religion, their public, economic, and social life, and their art, in five short chapters. M. Renard has succeeded in giving a lucid picture of the problems and progress of Etruscan archaeology up to 1943. In controversial matters (…) he reports the leading theories quite impartially, yet with enough critical analysis to point out for the beginner what seems to be the right path towards the most plausible solution. (…) Chapter VI, a short conclusion, gives us a sober estimate of Etruscan influence on Roman institutions, and on some aspects of succeeding civilizations that sprang on Italian soil, even to the present day Tuscan folklore. Scholarly sobriety, however, does not quench M. Renard’s spark of enthusiasm which breathes from every page of his text. (…) It succeeds in awakening curiosity and in recommending Etruscology as an attractive vocation.’ (GIACINTO MATTEUCIG in Americal Journal of Archaeology, 1947, p.337). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux.
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