first edition Softcover
1968 · Paris
by Barrelet, Marie-Thérèse
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1968. First edition. Softcover. vg to fine. Quarto (11 x 9"). [4], 538, [2]pp (Text), LXXXVIIIpp (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page.
Illustrated with 88 photogravure plates, including 784 figures, this scholarly work on baked-clay figurines and low-relief plaques of ancient Mesopotamia represents the first volume of an illustrated catalogue of the collection of Mesopotamian terracottas in the Louvre.
It is preceeded by two introductory chapters devoted to methods of manufacture and historical development.
Minor shelf wear. Text in French. Wrappers in overall very good, interior in fine condition. (Inventory #: 41567)
Illustrated with 88 photogravure plates, including 784 figures, this scholarly work on baked-clay figurines and low-relief plaques of ancient Mesopotamia represents the first volume of an illustrated catalogue of the collection of Mesopotamian terracottas in the Louvre.
It is preceeded by two introductory chapters devoted to methods of manufacture and historical development.
Minor shelf wear. Text in French. Wrappers in overall very good, interior in fine condition. (Inventory #: 41567)