Ancient China: Chinese Civilization from Its Origins to the Tang Dynasty (Book Review‪)‬

Ancient China: Chinese Civilization from Its Origins to the Tang Dynasty. By MAURIZIO SCARPARI. New York: BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKS, 2000. Pp. 292, illus. Translated by "A. B. A." This book appears simultaneously in Italian (1) and English. In both versions it has the same number of pages, the same number of illustrations, and the same graphic design. Rather than an illustrated text, it is better defined as a book of illustrations (more than four hundred) accompanied by a text of less than fifty pages in all (were they full pages), distributed among the illustrations.