Pre-Columbian Ceramics

Description

Author: Lehmann, Henri  (1905-1991)

Publisher: Viking

Pub Date: 1962 (reprint edition)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: BookFair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Previous owner’s name on upper edge ffep.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  NOT price clipped.  One approx. 1/2″ closed tear on upper front cover edge.  One top-to-bottom crease near front spine edge.  Chipping, wear to top and bottom edges.  Wear to head and foot of spine.  One approx. 1/4″ tear on upper rear cover edge.  Smudging to rear cover.  Edge and corner wear.

Notes: Originally published in France in 1959.  Translated by the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Galway Kinnell (1927-2014).  Technology, typology, history of ceramics throughout the western hemisphere (South America, Caribbean, United States), forgeries, principal workshops, markets, prices, and major collections.  Illustrated by drawings and photos.