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Published by Dover Publications (1971), New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0486227472ISBN 13: 9780486227474
Book
softcover. Condition: Very good. Over 1900 illustrations. Quarto, softcover, 8 3/8' by 11 1/4". xv [1] 219 pages, 109 plates. Minor scuffing on covers, else Very Good. 122615C.
Published by Dover Publications, Inc, New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0486227472ISBN 13: 9780486227474
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Original pictorial wraps. New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1971. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Trade paperback. Fine condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with photographs of over 1,900 pieces on 109 plates. Illustrates the technical and esthetic development of mankind's jewelry from the first known pre-metallic forms to folk jewelry of modern Europe. Includes examples from the Balkans, Greece, Central and South America, Austria, Italy, Africa, older Black cultures (such as the Benin finds and some Ashanti); China, Korea, India, Himalayas, Mongolia, Siberia, Persia, Syria, Arabia, Turkey, etc. From the rear cover: "Unabridged republication of the c. 1906 edition. New English translation." Originally published as VOLKERSCHMUCK, MIT BESONDERER BERUCKSICHTIGUNG DES METALLLISCHEN SCHMUCKES. First Edition? (No Additional Printings). Soft Cover. Original pictorial wraps. xv, 219pp. First Edition? (No Additional Printings).