Author: Éditions Famot, Genève
Title: Grandes Civilisations Disparues (12 Volumes)
Publisher: Éditions Famot, Genève
Year: 1977
Format: Hardcover with leather spine, gilt top edges, ribbon markers
Condition: Excellent
Weight: 5.14 kg
Dimensions (average): 13 × 20 × 3 cm
Language: French
Finely produced with leather spines, gilt top edges, quality binding, and ribbon markers, these books are as beautiful as they are informative. Pages are crisp and clean, and the bindings are tight. One volume (L’Atlantide Civilisation Disparue) has a light scuff on the top spine edge; otherwise, the set is in excellent condition.
This 12-volume partial set (of 35) from the Grandes Civilisations Disparues series, published by Éditions Famot in Genève (1977), embodies the elegance and scholarship of mid-century European publishing. Each volume explores a vanished world — from Persia and Babylon to the Celts, Etruscans, and Atlantis — through the work of noted historians and archaeologists. A sophisticated addition to any library, this set celebrates the art, myth, and discovery of humanity’s lost civilizations.
Volume Titles:
La Perse des Grands Rois et de Zoroastre — Jean-Jacques Mourreau
La Civilisation des Celtes — Olivier Launay
La Résurrection de la Gaule — Henri-Paul Eydoux
L’île de Pâques — Alfred Métraux
La Résurrection des Villes Mortes, Tome 1 : Chine Inde Amérique — Marcel Brion
La Civilisation Étrusque — Philippe Aziz
La Civilisation d’Assur et de Babylone — Georges Contenau
L’Atlantide Civilisation Disparue — Philippe Aziz
Les Civilisations Préhistoriques — Jean-Marc Brissaud
Réalités et Énigmes de l’Archéologie — Henri-Paul Eydoux
Des Dieux des Tombeaux des Savants — C. W. Ceram
Angkor et les Civilisations Birmanes et Thaï — Philippe Aziz
