Arcana:

Salvat, Manuel, Ricardo Martin & Amancio Fernandez, Editors. Barcelona SPAIN & Bogota, COLOMBIA: Salvat Editores Colombiana, S.A., 1977. First Editions. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jackets - As Issued. 240 + 240 + 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Test in Spanish. With bibliographies for each chapter. These three volumes are comprised of twenty-two essays by leading scholars on selected chronological and stylistic aspects of Colombian art history extending from Prehistoric indigenous artifacts through ancient Meso-American material culture, to Post Colonial art and architecture. The vast majority of material presented here is on Pre-Columbian ceramics, carved stone and gold work. A most presentable set bearing the ink ownership signature of the noted late Los Angeles artist and collector Emerson Woelffer on each of the front pastedowns showing a bit of overall wear and slight delamination to the covers. 84-345-3776-1 Inventory Number: 009653