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2 lingua: inglese Opera in 2 volumi, legat. edit. con sovrac. illustrata e cofanetto rigido illustrato - 4to, Hardcovers with dust jacket, The Two Volume set in matching slipcase, 867+692 pages, many hundreds of colour plates - Volume 1: Art of the Early Cultures, Classical Antiquities, Oriental Works of Art, Coins and Medals, Arms and Armour. Volume 2: Western European Art, Russian Art and Culture - Profuse colour plates. Spanning Palaeolithic artefacts of the 22nd millennium B.C. to Roman portrait busts, Byzantine coins, Chinese prints and 19th century Tibetan art, these two volumes offer an unparalleled insight into artistic expression throughout history and around the world, illustrating and describing many of the remarkable treasures from the State Hermitage Museum - I capolavori d'arte del Museo Hermitage di San Pietroburgo.