Coleccion arte y tesoros del Peru, Jose Antonio de Lavalle, 1983, Very Good

Jose Antonio de Lavalle and Werner Lang. Banco de Credito del Peru en la Cultura, 1983

Very Good, 4to, 12" x 9 1/4." Text in Spanish. Light gray cloth-covered boards. No lettering to spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Lacks dust jacket. Pages clean and intact except for a name written in pen in the margin on Page 31; a tiny bit of dampstaining in upper-right corners of some of the pages, not affecting text; a few tiny spots on fore-edge of textblock, not affecting pages internally; and slight age toning. 189 pp., including illustrations and Bibliography. A comprehensive book about the art of the ancient Paracas culture in Ica, Peru. It is thought by some scholars that the Paracas culture is the predecessor of the Nazca culture. Chapter titles include the following: "Introduccion a la Cultura Paracas," "Textiles," "El arte en la Cultura Paracas," "Ceramica," and "Antiguo Centro Paracas 'Animas Altas.'"