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LOT 1031
Archaeological Books - Ancient Art Book Group
1962-1993 A.D.
12 1/4 x 10 - 11 x 9 in. (6.45 kg total, 31 x 25 - 28 x 22.5 cm).
René Huyghe (ed.) - Larousse Encyclopedia of Prehistoric and Ancient Art - London, 1957, hardback with dustwrapper, 414 pp; John Boardman - The Oxford History of Classical Art - Oxford, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 406 pp; S.G.F. Brandon (ed.) - Milestones of History 1: Ancient Empires - New York, 1973 edition, hardback with dustwrapper, 160 pp; Margaret Oliphant - Atlas of the Ancient World - London, 1992, hardback with dustwrapper, 220 pp. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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