Antique Works of Art from Benin, Collected by Lieutenant-General Pitt Rivers, D.C.L. F.R.S., F.S.A., Inspector of Ancient Monuments in Great Britain
by PITT-RIVERS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Np: Published by the author., 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Original gilt decorated blue leather, marbled end-papers. vi,100pp. Monochrome illustrations of Benin sculpture on 50 plates. Covers rubbed at edges and with a little surface damage to leather, clean and fresh interior. From the Pitt-Rivers Library, the Property of Anthony Pitt-Rivers.
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- Bookseller
- Roe and Moore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014177
- Title
- Antique Works of Art from Benin, Collected by Lieutenant-General Pitt Rivers, D.C.L. F.R.S., F.S.A., Inspector of Ancient Monuments in Great Britain
- Author
- PITT-RIVERS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Published by the author.
- Place of Publication
- Np
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Tribal Art;
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Roe and Moore
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Roe and Moore
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About Roe and Moore
We have recently closed our bookshop in Museum Street London, where we were based for 13 years. We are now postal and internet booksellers only. We specialize in 20th art and illustrated, in all languages.
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