Kazakh Jewellery

Tokhtabayeva, Sh. Zh. Kazakh Jewellery. Almaty, Kazakhstan: Öner, 1985. First edition. Folio. 153, [3]pp. Original grey cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover. Book housed in its original photo-illustrated cardboard slipcase. Illustrated with 236 striking color photographic reproductions, this splendid album comprises 236 of the finest examples of Kazakh jewelry, which give an idea of the jeweller’s art of every region of Kazakhstan from the 18th to the 20th century. Slipcase heavily rubbed along edges. Silver lettering partly faded on spine. Text and captions in Kazakh, Russian and English. Slipcase in overall fair, binding in good+, interior in very good condition. g+ . Hardcover. (37521) $95