RARE comprehensive study of constitutional aspects of the Antonine monarchy by eminent American educator and scholar Mason Hammond (1903-2002), Harvard`s Pope professor of the Latin language and literature from 1950 until his 1973 retirement. 245x160mm. XII+527 pages. Softcover. Cover rubbed, yellowing/age-stained and dirty/slightly stained. Cover corners and edges wrinkled. Front cover upper corner/fore edge worn. Two small pen marks on front cover. Spine yellowing and wrinkled/worn. Spine edges peeling/tattered. Pages yellowing and rough-cut (as published). [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on the Nerva-Antonine dynasty by one of the foremost authorities in the field is otherwise in good condition.