Author: MEYER, KARL ERNEST
Title: The plundered past / Karl E. Meyer
Description: London : Hamish Hamilton 1974. Book Club Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; xxvi. 355 p. [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; 'Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker in somewhat different form' -- t.p. verso. Bibliography: p. 315-337. Subjects; Antiquities — Collection and preservation — Moral and ethical aspects. Classical antiquities thefts. Archaeological thefts. Art thefts — History — 20th century. Art industries and trade. Decorative arts. Art objects — Collectors and collecting. Antiquities — Thefts. Art objects. Cultural property — Protection. Illegal trade in art objects. 1900-1972. Thefts. Art trade. Importation and exportation of works of art. ISBN: 024102448X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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