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Hardcover with jacket. Condition: fine/near fine. Cover shows almost no wear; one corner softened; head of text block lightly foxed. Jacket is rubbed head of spine and upper corners. Quarto; 135 pp. First edition. Jacket illustrations: front, heads of aurochs and rhinoceroses; back, heads of horses, facing. Brown cloth binding; gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with scores of glossy color plates of the painted images within the cave. Two maps: one, of sites of decorated caves in France, German, and Spain; the other, of the interior of the Chauvet cave. *** Text includes a description of the Ardèche region and its gorges, the discovery of the Chauvet cave, its exploration, documentation of the paintings, its authentication as a site, and its protection today. Text includes Notes, Further Reading, Chronology, Index. Binding strong; clean, bright text; no markings. This amazing cave is closed to the public; Dawn of Art offers the only access to its wonders.
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