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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Volume 1 in two parts. 78 pages with sketches, one map, 206 plates with descriptions, eight of them tipped in color plates. Folio (144" x 10 3/4") issued in orange cloth with black lettering to spine and covers. First edition. Incorporating abstract and geometric forms as well as highly stylized images of flowers, plants, animals, birds, and humans, these exacting illustrations represent more than 20 major Mexican Indian cultures, among them the Huichol, Otomi, Tepehua, Huasteco, Nahuatl, Mazatec, Tarahumara, Tepecano, Mestizo, Zapotec, Mixteco, Mazatec and Cuicatec. A very good to fine set. Seller Inventory # A0587
Book Description Condition: sehr guter Zustand. F. sehr guter Zustand, geringe Gebrauchs- und Alterungsspuren: Ecken von Seiten und Deckel bei Band 2 etwas gestaucht - Leinen an den Einbandecken von Band 1 durchgewetzt - Seiten sauber und ordentlich - Seiten teils etwas eselsohrig - VOLUME I - Preface - Introduction - Method of documentation - Historical Resumé - Influences and Changes - Textile Skills - A Survey of Design Motifs - Geometric Forms - Plant and Floral Motifs - Animal Motifs - Birds - The Human Figure - Sun, Moon and Stars - Names and Meanings - Design Units : List of Names and Meanings - Beliefs - Symbolism - Conclusions - List of Ethnic Groups represented in Plates - Distribution of the Design Motifs in the Volumes - Map - Glossary - Selected Bibliography - Design Motifs: Plates I-IV (Colour), 1-75 (Black and White) - VOLUME II - Design Motifs: Plates V-VIII (Colour), 76-198 (Black and White) Buchreihe: Artes Americanae, Vol. 1/I und 1/II Seitenanzahl: 78 Seiten Text mit 1 Karte, 206 Bildtafeln mit zahlreichen Bildern, davon 8 mit montierten Bildern in Farbe Format: ca. 27,5 x 36 Leinen Englisch. Seller Inventory # 327405
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Artes Americanae, Vol. 1 in 2 parts. Light orange boards, title & design motif imprinted in dark purple, clean & bright, no marks, essentially as new cond, though title on spine, legible has partial color rubbing loss, books have had little if any use; texts of both volumes fine & as new cond, vol 1, plates 1-75 , 1-163 motif examples, vol 2, 76-198, motif 164-418. Size: 11"-14". Seller Inventory # RB2681