Author: Neuville, R.
Title: Le Paléolithique et le Mésolithique du Désert de Judée.
Description: Paris, Masson, 1951. 4to (28.0 x 22.4 cm). 270 pp.; 20 fine photographic plates, numerous text illustrations. Later half cloth over floral pattered boards. Printed label on the spine.. = A well-illustrated work. The text figures are mostly page-sized plates, each showing many artefacts. Written by the French archaeologist and diplomat René Neuville (1899-1952). He died in Jeruzalem, where he was Consul-General of France. Published as Archives de l'Institut Paléontologie Humaine, Mémoire 24. Stamp of a former owner, Dr. Max Loehr, in the top margin of the half-title, otherwise unmarked. Max Loehr (1903-1988) "...was an art historian and professor of Chinese art at Harvard University from 1960 to 1974. As an authority on Chinese art, Loehr published eight books and numerous articles on ancient Chinese painting". (Wikipedia). The binding is quite attractive. An excellent, clean copy.

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