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[Exhibition guide].
Early Celtic Art.
Published Edinburgh U.P. for the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970 reprint (previously issued 1970).
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: W & J Mackay & Co., Chatham.
Size: 183x247x6mm.
Page count: [vi],42 plus 32pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks somewhat battered, some general wear on the covers and creasing to the spine; corners curled; the plate pages are rather yellowed with age; previous owner’s name on the title page, otherwise appears to be free of marking.

This item £4.50
plus P&P £2.50 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 230g.

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Published to accompany an exhibition held in Edinburgh and London in 1970. Emphasis pre-medieval. Catalogues 176 items and 86 coins under the following headings: Origins & beginnings; The warriors; Horses & chariots; Religion & magic; The hearth & the feast; Adornment & display; Aftermath; Coins.

Illustrations: 32 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: no

Notes: none
Tables: none
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: pp
Index: list of lenders

[BML/MF]
[PCL2]
See also | Art history | Jewellery & metalwork | Exhibition guides |
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