Author: GROSSE, ERNST, PH.D. (UNIV. OF FREIBURG)
Title: THE BEGINNINGS OF ART
Description: D. Appleton & Co. c. 1893, 1914 reprpint. 1914. Hardcover . Hardback, 12mo, 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches, gilt titling and decorations (both spine and front cover) on maroon cloth covers, xiv + 327 pages, VG-/no dj. Tight binding and very clean inside and out incl no names no writing (interior on the immaculate side). Spine titling darkened, spine cloth somewhat faded & spine ends very shallow uniform wear w/ bit of fraying. At the front: List of Illustrations (32, in the text) & the 3 fold-out Plates (Aboriginal drawings in b&w, one being VG to VG+, one seems flawless & one G+ showing misfolding/vertical creases). At the rear 11-page 2-column Index. Very Good.

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