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12mo. Contemporary cloth, leather label. 154pp. B/w illusts throughout. Presentation inscription from Bellucci to Sir John Evans. A little light adhesion damage to a few pages. Bellucci was one of the first demo - psychologists to engage in field research into the archaeology and folk tradition. Basing himself on the studies of E. B. Taylor, in this work he investigates the historical, anthropological and apotropaic evolution of an immense collection of Italian regional amulets that he himself had hunted down and assembled. Sir John Evans, (born Nov. 17, 1823, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Eng. died May 31, 1908, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire), British antiquarian, numismatist, and a founder of prehistoric archaeology.A partner in a paper manufacturing firm (1850 85), about 1860 Evans began devoting much time to searching for traces of early man in Britain and gathered an outstanding collection of prehistoric stone and bronze implements. He also assembled an exceptional collection of ancient Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and British coins. His major works were The Coins of the Ancient Britons (1864); The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain (1872; 2nd. ed., 1897); and The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland (1881). He was knighted in 1892. His son was the archaeologist Sir Arthur (John) Evans. N° de ref. del artículo 021504
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