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Evans, Sir Arthur John.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos. London: MacMillan and Co., 1921-1935
- PAPER
First editions, 4 volumes bound in 6 (volumes 2 and 4 each in 2 parts), large octavo (249 x 178mm.), half-titles, numerous plates, including 37 coloured, some folding, 14 folding maps (11 in pockets in the rear of volumes 2-4), numerous illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, discreet library blindstamps, slight mark to spine of vol.2 part 2
Catalogue Note
A fine copy. Evans published his definitive study on the palace of Minos in four volumes between 1921 and 1935 (with a separately issued index published in 1936, not present here). Given the fourteen year publication period, sets of the complete work are seldom found.