Figurines et Reliefs en Terre Cuite de la Mésopotamie Antique: I, Potiers, Termes de Métier, Procédés de Fabrication et Production [INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE BEYROUTH, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE ET HISTORIQUE, T. LXXXV]

  • Softcover
  • Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1968
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.

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Title

Figurines et Reliefs en Terre Cuite de la Mésopotamie Antique: I, Potiers, Termes de Métier, Procédés de Fabrication et Production [INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE BEYROUTH, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE ET HISTORIQUE, T. LXXXV]

Author

Barrelet, Marie-Thérèse

Binding

Softcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner: Paris

Date

1968

Edition

First edition


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