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Region: Eastern Europe

Hardback in dustjacket.  58 pages of English text followed by 48 b&w plates.  Slight signs of age, otherwise in good condition.  Cat No 4941

Region: Eastern Europe

Paperback.  120 pages plus 81 b&w plates.  Slight fading to spine, otherwise in very good condition.  Cat No 4931

Region: Eastern Europe

Hardback.  62 pages, followed by eight colour plates, and 79 b&w photographs.  In very good clean condition.  Cat No 4871

Region: Eastern Europe

Locally published illustrated guide to the C18th baroque castle in Budapest whose origins date back to the C13th.  Seventy-two b&w plates are preceded by a lengthy essay on the history of the castle which includes archive illustrations and site plans.  Text in English.

Theory & Practice: Instruments Tools & Weapons

A representative selection of old musical instruments from the collection of Hungary's National Museum dating from the C17th and C18th - virginals, clavichords, a giraffe piano, a chitarbone, lutes, a mandola, a viola da gamba, a pochette d'amour, oboes, a serpent, flutes and trombones.

Region: Eastern Europe

A comprehensive survey of the rich Bronze Age cultures of the Carpathian basin and Danube plain in present-day Hungary illustrated by many excellent drawings of small finds and 79 b&w plates.  Includes a chronology table and bibliography.  Text in English.  Paperback.

Region: Eastern Europe

Sixty examples of Avars decorative metalwork dating from the C8th - horse harness, buckles, weaponry and jewellery - with a few examples of bone carving and pottery.  Colour and b&w plates are preceded by a lengthy essay on the Avar Blakan empire, lifestyle and culture.  Hardback.