Ancient Peruvian art;: Contributions to the archaeology of the empire of the Incas. 4 volume set.

Baessler, Arthur

Berlin, A. Asher & Co.; New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1902-3.

Four folio volumes, complete. 51 x 38 cm. Originally issued in 15 parts, in 10 portfolios. Limited edition of 200 copies. 165 plates, some color. Modern green cloth and brown cloth. Library markings. Scattered spotting and soiling.  Margins tanned, dampstained, minor wrinkling to title pages.  Plates free of library markings.  Accompanied by textual descriptions of the plates. Contents: v. 1-3. Drawings and paintings, representations in relief and on the round on north Peruvian earthenware.--v. 4. Paintings on earthenware from Pachacamac. Select specimens. Refs: BMC II, 122.1058. 

"The author has aimed in the present work at producing with illustrations and descriptive text the more remarkable objects in his collection.  ... The Collection comprises 11,513 finds from pre-Columbian graves and was brought together in Peru by the author partly by purchase and partly also by personal excavations.  Amongst the purchases is ... the collection of Mr W Gretzer who during a residence of five and twenty years in Lima paid special attention to everything unearthed from the burial places at that time." No. 1594.  Bernard Quaritch, Catalogue of Works on the Fine Arts, 1904. 

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