The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection, 1st Ed Thus, 1985, NF HC w/DJ

Jones, Julie [ed.], et al. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1985.

English, First United States Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 11 3/8" x 9 3/4", 248 pp.

ISBN: 0821215949

First Edition Thus, hardcover in black cloth. Some sunning to edges. Very Good black pictorial dust jacket, minor sunning and light wear to top edge, now in Mylar. 248 pp. Includes 80 full-color images of an array of gold art objects, from jewelry to weapons, from the Jan Mitchell Collection. Beautifully designed book that analyzes the archaeological finds and art objects from the Pre-Columbian Americas, identifying their iconography alongside discussion that acknowledges the allure these objects held for conquistadors and the devastation that followed. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 9 to August 11, 1985.