1925 Thermenmuseum Hof Courtyard Thermae Baths Roman - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE IT2 XEBA7 TOM3A1B28C11

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43 West 23rd Street

10 x 10 cm

This is an original 1905 color print of "The Giant Lantern

1925 Thermenmuseum Hof Courtyard Thermae Baths Roman - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE IT2 XEBA7 TOM3A1B28C11This is an original 1925 photogravure of the courtyard of the Thermae Museum. When one thinks of Rome, visions of giant baths or thermae often cross the mind's eye. These were indeed the first attempts to provide communal bathing on a grand scale. But the thermae were only one part of the Roman bathing world. Before Emperor Agrippa designed and created the first thermae in 25 BC, the smaller, more frequent balneum had been enjoyed by Roman citizens