The Celts Rizzoli First Edition Hardcover

Sabatino Moscati, Otto Hermann Frey, Venceslas Kruta, Barry Raftery, Miklos Szabo

ISBN 10: 0847814076 / ISBN 13: 9780847814077

Published by Rizzoli, New York, 1991

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Collectible First Edition Fine Huge 711 pp. Folio Hardcover Fine Dust Jacket New York: Rizzoli, 1991. 4to. NOT a library Copy. Clean inside Not Price clipped. NO Chips at all. Maybe a hint of shelf handling. Tight binding. Clean pages. If you have one book on the Celts this nearly 800 page hardcover book is it. Dozens of essays by the leading Scholars around the Archaeology and history of all Pre-Christian Pagan and Christian, and Arthurian studies, Celtic Portugal, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Czech Wales, Ireland, Gaul, Galatia Middle East influence Celtic Christianity. Celtic Gold Coins, Swords, Celtic Myth Irish Goddesses Celtic design. See the huge Table of Contents. This Book is a huge Hardcover treasure itself.the Cover and a sample page of Gold Celtic Coins, and Druid Statue Carvings in all five of our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans. All the so called "Stock images you see are actually OUR own copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Celts Rizzoli First Edition Hardcover
• Publisher: Rizzoli, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847814076
• ISBN 13: 9780847814077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Welsh
  • Arthurian Legend
  • Irish

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Synopsis

Before its decline in the first century B.C., the Celtic world stretched from the British Isles to the Carpathian Mountains and Asia Minor, and the Celts possessed their own vital and highly original civilization, revealed in the rich profusion of ornamental motifs that decorate Celtic weapons and artefacts. Their traditions live on in customs, names, and crafts, and they contributed greatly to the formation of Europe.

Archaeological excavations have recovered some of the beautiful treasures of the Celts, as well as much evidence of their social and economic life. This revised paperback edition of the landmark volume that accompanied an exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi takes the reader on a voyage through many eras, places, and themes to rediscover the story of a people still in some ways shrouded in mystery. It reveals the aggressive voyages of the Celts to the shores of foreign civilizations, and evidence of their great sophistication-- the Gallic calendar, their advanced agricultural techniques, their craftsmanship and metalwork. Written by scholars in the field, this is the ideal handbook on the Celtic culture.

About the Author

Professor Venceslas Kruta of Paris, Professor Otto Hermann Frey of Marburg, Professor Miklós Szabó of Budapest, and Professor Barry Raftery of Dublin were all members of the Scientific Committee formed to oversee the collaboration of more than 100 scholars in the most complete exhibition ever of Celtic art and civilization, held at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 1991.