The plundered past / Karl E. Meyer
1974, Book Club Edition. London : Hamish Hamilton. 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. Item #240662
ISBN: 024102448X
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.
Price: €14.95