Roger Caillois. La lecture des pierres. Etrurie by very richly endowed tombs

by very richly endowed tombs like that of the famous lady of Vix

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Perrault is probably one of the architects whose work arouses the most debate

elsewhere presented as punctuated by highlights

A head of Chephren in pink granite [Private collection] 20

Roger Caillois. La lecture des pierres. Etrurie by very richly endowed tombsThis book reveals the most beautiful stones from Roger Caillois's exceptional collection through previously unpublished photographs, produced in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (MNHN), which received a large part of the collection as a gift. Essayist and academic, Roger Caillois developed a passion from an early age for "curious stones, which attract attention by some anomaly in their form or by some significant