Sumer. Translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons. Parrot, best Andre Published by London Thames and Hudson, 1960

SUMER.
Translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons.

Parrot, Andrè

Published by London Thames and Hudson, 1960

First English edition, 4to, pp.l, 397, 415 illustrations, some in colour, 8 maps, 1 folding. The Arts of Mankind. Fine copy in original best cloth, but without dust wrapper.
Edited by André Malraux and Georges Salles.



The Arts of Mankind (in French L'Univers des formes), an ambitious series of art history survey books founded in 1960 for the French publisher Gallimard by André Malraux, who edited many of the volumes in collaboration with art historian Georges Salles. Over 40 volumes have appeared to date; roughly half have been translated into English.