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Gold of the Andes - The Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas and Guanacos of South America (Vol.I)


by et al Kim MacQuarrie

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Binding: Hardcover
Publication Date: December 05, 2008


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Product Description
Jordi Blassi, Barcelona, Spain, 1994. Gilt Embossed Cloth. Book Condition: New-. Dust Jacket Condition: New-. 25.5 x 29 cms. Oblong. first edition, part of a special impression of 860 copies for Alpha Tops, noble animal fibres - 288 pages - in English - includes a 48 x 69 cms. poster - over 250 mostly color illustrations, incl. many full-page and several double-page - a handsome work on the camelids of South America, their types, history, ceramic and other related artworks, herders, place in cultural life and more - essays by two anthroplogists and a cultural and art historian on the Andean camelids, man's relationship to them, their integration in Europe, modern-day herders, myths, legends, ceremonies, the business side of Andean gold and more - bibliography
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