A photographic and scientific tour of the cave of Lascaux, a treasure trove of ancient wall paintings that was discovered by chance in 1940, discusses what the cave reveals about the Old Stone Age and its animal world of some 18,000 years ago. 15,000 first printing.
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Norbert Aujoulat is the departmental head of parietal art at the National Center of Prehistory in France.
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Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket edges are lightly worn and slightly warped from water damage. Light scuffs and smudges on back of jacket. Back of jacket and jacket spine are sunned, but text and images are still legible. Spine is slightly cocked, but binding is secure. Top edge of text block is lightly foxed, visible on edges of some pages, but not covering text or images. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. As is. Seller Inventory # 2051692
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Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Color pictorial paper over boards; Matching dj.; 274 pp.; 226 color photos and illustrations. "Prehistorian and geologist Norbert Aujoulat spent ten years researching the Lascaux cave, painstakingly carrying out his research despite the limited access allowed to the site. His unprecedented skill and patience, combined with his scrupulously scientific approach, has opened up new paths of research. Taking into consideration the entire context of the cave, examining both the geology and archaeology of the area, Aujoulat gives a detailed analysis of the cave's architecture and takes us on a fascinating journey from the surface to the most hidden parts of the cave, offering us his stunning interpretation of these great wall paintings of horses, deer, and bison, which trace the birth of ancient mythologies - and of the beginning of modern art."--Jacket. Contents as follows: 1. The geological context -- 2. The underground environment -- 3. The cave of Lascaux -- 4. The archaeological context -- 5. The art of Lascaux -- 6. The construction of the images -- 7. Gesture, space and time. VG, immaculate exlibrary copy with labels on spine of dustjacket, mylar protected jacket, faint stamp at top of text block, top right corner of title-page, check-out slip inside rear cover. Seller Inventory # 121620
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. complete number line - 1st printing therefore 1st American Edition after the Edition published in France in the same year, light rubbing to top/bottom corners of boards - some very light bumping along bottom edges of boards, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows very light general wear - no tears, chips, creases and original price intact, illustrated with drawings and 266 color reproductions, Prehistoric human cave art color paintings of their animal co-inhabitants of the region we now call France, boards illustrated the same as the dust jacket. Seller Inventory # HBC-1191-F
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing of the English-la. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, First Printing of the English-language Edition, 4to or fo, 13 3/4" x 11." First Printing of the English-language Edition: printer's key beginning with "10" and ending with "1" on front copyright page. Multicolored pictorial paper-covered boards in a multicolored pictorial paper dust jacket. Black-and-white lettering on pictorial dust jacket spine. Covers have light rubbing, slight bumping to head and tail of spine, and a slight lean toward the fore-edge when laid flat, else clean and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Dust jacket has light rubbing and a few small wrinkles and bumps toward the edges and tips, else clean and intact. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with printed color photographs. 274 pp., including illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Beautiful monograph about the famous Lascaux Cave in France and its Paleolithic cave paintings. Authored by Norbert Aujoulat. Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping. Seller Inventory # 02260
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First US Edition. Near FINE hardback in Near FINE dustwrapper. 2005 Harry N. Abrams, First U.S Edition. English language. NO inscriptions, Not price clipped. One small, light yellow mark to top page edge. Wrapper has some shelf-rubbing/scuffing to back cover. NB. Regrettably NOT available to send to EU countries. Seller Inventory # 001489
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