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George Ortiz Art of the Ancient World ANTIQUITIES $739+

HC DJ IN PURSUIT OF THE ABSOLUTE Sells for $739 SCARCE!

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George Ortiz Art of the Ancient World ANTIQUITIES $739+


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IN PURSUIT OF THE ABSOLUTE ART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

From the George Ortiz Collection

Royal Academy of Arts, London

20 January - 6 April 1994

Revised editions in English and German for the exhibition

FASZINATION DER ANTIKE

The George Ortiz Collection

Altes Museum, Berlin

7 March - 30 June 1996

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND EXTREMELY SCARCE 1st Edition HARD COVER COFFEE TABLE REFERENCE BOOK.

Exquisite hard cover in fine condition, NO MARKINGS, NOT EX LIBRARY. Some shelfwear to dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition; has clean dust jacket, crisp pages.

ONLY ONE on Ebay. There is only one other copy of this book on the Internet, but it is paperback (not elegant hardcover) and is priced at $739. This book is really "de rigeur" for any serious student or scholar, aficionado or dealer in antiquities.

This heavy HC book weighs 6 pounds!! 

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In Pursuit of the Absolute: Art of the Ancient World--the George Ortiz Collection

by Ortiz, George; Et Al

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Benteli Verlag

Date Published: 1994

Description: New. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 498 pp. With 312 ills. (292 col. ). 29 x 22 cm.

 

 

Name: Atelier Books & Art, New Hampton, NY, USA

We found only one other copy of this out of print book, a paperback version only, listed at $739 (see details above)

 

 

George Ortiz, Author
500 pages, 21.3 x 27.5 cm 
294 full color and 28 b/w illustrations 
hard cover with jacket 
ISBN 3-7165-1026-2 

English and German editions are available. 
English edition with a foreword by Prof.  John Boardman. 

This fantastic hard cover book is SOLD OUT at the Metropolitan Museum of Art bookstore, which used to carry it. The George Ortiz Collection is considered the most important and prestigious private collection of Antiquities in the world. 

THE GEORGE ORTIZ COLLECTION

First published on the occasion of the exhibition:

1996 The George Ortiz Collection, revised hard cover edition, Published by: Benteli Publishers Ltd., Berne, Printed in Switzerland


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