This volume contains a history of jewellery during the period 1100-1870, with a special focus on European jewellery. With detailed descriptions, interesting historical information, and authentic pictures of notable examples, this illustrated guide will appeal to all with an interest in the history and development of jewellery. Contents include: "The Early Middle Ages", "The Gothic Period", "The Later Middle Ages", "The Early Renaissance", "The Later Renaissance", "The Seventeenth Century", "The Eighteenth Century", "1789 ...
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This volume contains a history of jewellery during the period 1100-1870, with a special focus on European jewellery. With detailed descriptions, interesting historical information, and authentic pictures of notable examples, this illustrated guide will appeal to all with an interest in the history and development of jewellery. Contents include: "The Early Middle Ages", "The Gothic Period", "The Later Middle Ages", "The Early Renaissance", "The Later Renaissance", "The Seventeenth Century", "The Eighteenth Century", "1789-1870", "Envoi", "Bibliography", and "Index". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of jewellery and jewellery making.
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Very Good in Very Good Minus jacket. 4to. DJ rubbed, lightly chipped, with tanned spine. Light edgewear, light foxing to closed edges and endpapers, small marks to base edge, slightly cocked, pp clean and tidy.
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Used-Good. Book has some fairly mild shelf wear, mostly around edges. Small crease on cover. Otherwise great shape. Book is bright, neat, and clean. Binding is tight and unworn. Pages are crisp.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 4to-over 9æ"-12" tall. Hardcover, green cloth in price-clipped dust-jacket. 224 pages. of text followed by 192 pages of monochrome photographs. First American edition, first printing. [first published in Great Britain in 1953]. Neat previous owner's name inside front cover. A clean, square, unmarked copy in a nice dust-jacket, protected by Bro-dart covers. Very good+ in a very good+ dust-jacket. Priority and International orders will require additional postage due to weight.
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Very Good. 1953. First Edition Cloth, 240 pp plus 176 plates. T.e.g.; minor sunning to spine; otherwise very good. (Subject: Medieval, Architecture & Sculpture. )
Easy and interesting to read, lots of "go to" resource lists! Not only do you get a good overview of jewelry history you get a long list of other books to investigate.