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Mission Archéologique de Mari. I. Le Temple D'Ishtar. II, 1. Le Palais. Architecture. II, 2. Le Palais. Peintures Murales. II, 3. Le Palais. Documents et Monuments. III. Les Temples D'Ishtarat et de Ninni-Zaza. IV. Le Trésor D'Ur

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4 vols. in 6 parts: 247, 358, 116, 274, 354, 65 pp. detailed account of the excavations including catalogue of finds, notes, concordances, lists, hundreds of text illus. from photos, plans, and drawings, and 298 plates (9 color, 1 folding) showing photographic views of the site (some aerial) and recovered artifacts. 4to. Cloth. Paris (Librairie Orientaliste/Geuthner) 1956-68. (Institut Français… Read more about this item
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I Gagini e la Scultura in Sicilia nei Secoli XV e XVI. Memorie Storiche e Documenti

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Gagini. 2 vols., 831, X, 507 pp. text, transcriptions of 366 documents, ext. notes, indices. 4to. Recent cloth. Palermo (Giornale di Sicilia) 1880-1884. This copy lacks the 38 plates called for. The rare and thorough text covers and documents a considerable part of the history of Renaissance sculpture in Sicily. The author is the renowned historiographer of Sicilian painting… Read more about this item
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Beschreibung der Bildwerke der Christlichen Epochen. V. Die Italienischen und Spanischen Bildwerk der Renaissance und des Barocks in Marmor, Ton, Holz, und Stuck

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207 pp. descriptive catalogue of the museum's collection of 466 Italian and Spanish Renaissance and Baroque sculptures (excluding bronzes), notes, bibl., all 466 illus. in the text, many with multiple views and details. Lg. 4to. Printed cloth. Berlin (Reimer) 1913. Ex-library copy (bookplate on endpaper). An ex-library copy in excellent condition.
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£669.80
Die Italienischen und Spanischen Bildwerke der Renaissance und des Barock. I. Die Bildwerke in Stein, Holz, Ton, und Wachs

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257 pp. descriptive and critical catalogue, by Frida Schottmuller, of Spanish and Italian sculptures of the 15th through 18th centuries including pieces in marble, clay, ceramic, wood and stone, notes, indices, all works reproduced in the text. Last few pp. neatly repaired. Large 4to. Cloth. Berlin/Leipzig (De Gruyter) 1933. Second edition. (Bildwerke des Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums).
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£591.00
Collection de Figurines en Argile: Oeuvres premieres de l'Art Gaulois avec les Noms des Ceramistes qui Les ont Executees: Recueillies, Dessinées & Décrites

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88, (16) pp. text on the sources, use, periods and types of ancient Gallic ceramic sculpture, including extensive description of the plates, text illustrations, 75 plates of fine tinted lithographs from drawings by Tudot of the varieties of sculptures, molds and inscriptions on tablets. 4to. 1/2 leather, edges worn. Paris (C. Rollin) 1860.
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£689.50
Arts Antiques de l'Asie Occidentale á Partir du IVe Millenaire avant J.C. et les Origines des Motifs de la Céramique Islamique Archaique

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394 pp. scholarly study of ancient Middle Eastern artworks, incl. Sumerian, Cappadocian, Persian and Babylonian items, and their influence on later motifs in Islamic pottery, contributions by numerous noted scholars, ext. notes, bibliography, list, map, 524 plates from drawings after objects and decorative motifs, 30 plates from photographs. 4to. New cloth. Nice (Mathieu) 1948.
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£748.60