Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0870991434 ISBN 13: 9780870991431
Language: English
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 160 pages, illustrations (33 color); 29 cm. Exhibition held in 1975 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Donor: Professor Edward A. Allworth Central Asian Collection. *** "From the Lands of the Scythians: Organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the U.S.S.R., this loan exhibition has been made possible through the assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman."-- p. 3. Broad chronological outline by Boris Piotrovsky. Includes excerpts of Herodotus on the Scythians. Well illustrated, with many colour plates. *** The Scythians occupied present-day Bulgaria and left behind some remarkable metalwork. Size: 4to. Collectible.