[Rarebooks] FS: Folk Gravestone Carving in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “The Masks of Orthodoxy. Folk Gravestone Carving in Plymouth
County, Massachusetts, 1689-1805”

By Peter Benes.
Published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 1977.

DISCUSSION: "A pioneer effort... [drawing on] data provided by
approximately 4000 stone markers found in over 100 colonial burial sites
in southeastern and central New England, and offers an explanation of the
curious facial distortions, markings, and caricatures which have baffled
students of early New England iconography for almost a century."

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 273 pages, black & white and line
illustrations, dust jacket.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor wear, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight
binding.

PRICE: $50.00

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