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Theory & Practice: Art History

A souvenir of the museum's very fine collection of Euroepan miniature carvings on semi-precious stones produced from the C13th onwards , with its apogee in Italy during the C16th, through to its decline in the  early C19th.  An essay on the art's history precedes 103 colour plates, each

Region: Africa

Large album of 64 black-and-white photographs of wooden and stone sculptures, bronze castings and terra-cotta figures.  Short introductory essay.  Large format paperback.  54 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 3185

Region: Greece

Pocket album of twenty-nine colour plates depicting the acropolis, temples and ancient churches of Lindos on the island of Rhodes.  Maps and site plan.  Paperback.  Text and captions in French.  Inscription to title page, othrwise good clean condition.   Cat No 2955

Region: Britain - S. England

County gazetteer of industrial archaeology covering watermills, milestones, bridges, canals, railways, mining, quarrying, blast furnaces, textile mills, breweries, paper mills, brickworks,  industrial housing and the ornamental street furniture of Cheltenham.  Paperback.  32 pages.

Region: India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka

A guide to accompany the exhibition of the material possessions of India's most historically important aboriginal tribe and their context within tribe's mythology, music and dance.  Paperback.  48 pages.  Minor external signs of wear.  Cat No 2359

Region: France

Guidebook to the remarkable fortified medieval city. Visitor itinerary. 53 illustrations and double page map. Paperback. Good condition. Cat No 1953.

Region: Mediterranean

Extensive description of the origins and evolution of the Mycenean civilisation and its extant sites. 80 pages. Illustrated. Paperback. Good clean condition. Cat No 1351

Region: Americas

Examines the skin conditions and cosmetic body art as noted from the many pre-Colombian pottery figures and stone figurines. Written by noted dermatologist and archaeologist and lavishly produced by a drug company "as a service to the medical profession". Many large colour photographs.

Region: Britain - N. England

Well illustrated 44 page report of excavations conducted during redevelopment of this site exploring the Roman, Medieval and post-Medieval sites. Good clean condition. Cat 812

Region: Eastern Europe

A massive and heavy album of colour and b&w photographs recording an enormous range of prehistoric and historic architecture to be found in Albania from bronze age fortified sites to present day housing with a wealth of illustrations of Roman remains, castles, churches and medieval vernacular