Blanchot, I-L.
Les Bijoux Anciennes.
Paris; Les Editions Pittoresques: 1929. A fascinating French study of "ancient" jewelry, meaning anything from ancient Rome through the Middle Ages to Renaissance France. Chapters include Collecting; Families of Jewelry; Diverse Techniques of Jewelry; Ornaments of Jewelry; Gems; Mediterranean Antique Jewelry; and Oriental Jewelry. An intriguing study of older jewelry and its history. From the "Collection des Collectionneurs" series. Softcover. 5.5"x8", 255 pages, color frontispiece and 48 b/w plates; text figures. Elaborately decorated publisher's softcovers with a watercolor of Singasari in a grove of maple trees; light wear, a little soil, but overall a nice copy of a fragile item.
$150.00
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