Markel stephen editor (2 Ergebnisse)

softcover. Zustand: Used; Like New. First Edition; First Printing. Tight, clean and crisp. Mild sunning to spine, otherwise a gently read book in excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library.

Map, photographic colour and black and white illustrations, 124pp, notes. 33 x 25cm. Upper corner bumped, minor wear dustjacket,221810 a very good hardback copy. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a small label indicating the collection number on the spine. "Unparalleled in its sheer versatility and expressive qualities, jade has been both revered and traded the world over for centuries. the exotic mineral inspiring poetry and scholarship alike is pre-eminently associated with the cultural genius of China, though myriad masterpieces were also fashioned under Timurid, Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal dynasties, as well as in Renaissance Europe, Meso- and Central America during the pre-Columbian era, and among the Maoris of New Zealand." - Dustjacket blurb.…