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Inca Architecture
Indiana University Press, 1980. First edition. Translated to English by Patricia J. Lyon, foreword by John Murra. A huge in-4 hardcover book. Brown and red boards in dust jacket. Widely illustrated. With a map as a frontispice, presentation text and author's presentation in flaps. Discrete stamp of a Brazilian bookshop on a free endpaper. "Separate chapters are devoted to technical and formal antecedents, urban settlements, domestic structures (generally ignored in architectural analyses), the architecture of power (constructions built for collective, administrative, military, and religious purposes), and technical and aesthetic problems.In addition to such well-known sites as Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Gasparini and MArgolies highlight other important but less famous settlements: Pikillaqta, Ollantayatambo, Huanuco Pampa, Willka Waman, and Tambo Colorado."
In very good condition. Inside clean and crisp. Minimal wear and tear on the dust jacket.
