Author: LAPATIN, Kenneth S.D.
Title: Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 242pp. Map, numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this volume in the "Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology" series, an in-depth study of these once-celebrated composite statues. Notes front jacket flap, "Greek and Latin authors leave no doubt that such images provided a centrepiece for religious and civic life and that vast sums were spent to produce them. A number of these statues were the creations of antiquity's most highly acclaimed artists.." Rather scarce. .
Keywords: Art Ancient World
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Title: Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 242pp. Map, numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this volume in the "Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology" series, an in-depth study of these once-celebrated composite statues. Notes front jacket flap, "Greek and Latin authors leave no doubt that such images provided a centrepiece for religious and civic life and that vast sums were spent to produce them. A number of these statues were the creations of antiquity's most highly acclaimed artists.." Rather scarce. .
Keywords: Art Ancient World
Price: US$ 295.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 49817
- Book number: 49817
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