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The Worldwide History of Beads: ancient, ethnic, contemporary

Door Lois Sherr Dubin

Categorie
Edelstenen & Juwelen
Boeknummer
#334926-WA23
Titel
The Worldwide History of Beads: ancient, ethnic, contemporary
Auteur
Dubin, Lois Sherr
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Thames and Hudson
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
050051500X
ISBN13
9780500515006
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original decorated boards, dust jacket, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations, (including photographs), 4to.
Samenvatting
Since its first publication in 1987 as The History of Beads, this book has become the world's definitive guide for bead lovers, collectors and scholars. In this new edition, Lois Sherr Dubin updates all chapters with the latest archaeological discoveries; adds a new chapter on contemporary adornment since the 1980s, with a focus on glass beads; and revises and adds 225 beads to the book's piece de resistance: the 8-page gatefold timeline that guides readers through the remarkably rich history of the world's first form of adornment. The latest revisions include an update on the oldest bead ever discovered, now dating to around 100,000 BC, and an explanation on why beads worn on the human body were the original media communication system. Other updates include the numerous maps, which have b... (Lees verder)een modernized and are now in colour; approximately 70 formerly black-andwhite images have been changed to full colour; and 200 new photographs have been taken specially for this edition. Beautifully packaged with a new cover, this revised and expanded edition is a must-have for bead obsessives and aficionados.
Pagina's
396
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 250,00

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