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Bulgarian Books: Folk Costume
Jewelry and Museums

BG15 bk16    $20.

Bulgarian Traditional Costumes and Patterns

Creative Activities for Children

Soft cover 8.5” x 11”   213pp   Sofia 2015

Color illustrations and line drawing pages to color

  • BG map of 7 folklore regions
  • Simple drawings of men’s and women’s costumes of each region
  • Embroidery pattern details
  • Bulgarian curious folklore facts

BG18 CB4 $10

Bulgarian Costumes – Learn and Color

  • Soft cover coloring book, Sofia 2017
  • About 8.5” x 11”
  • Bulgarian text
  • 10 costume pairs in color
  • Matching blank costumes to color
  • Folklore embroidery pages
  • Blank embroidery outlines to color, cut, paste
BG7-pm  $7.50  Plovdiv Museum

9¼" x 8½"  12 pp softcover booklet

  • Bulgarian, English, French text
  • 22 color costume photos & captions

 

BULGARIAN FOLK COSTUMES   

BG20-13   $48.     

Anita Komitska & Veska Borisova

Sofia 2000 

  • Portfolio folder
  • 16 costume plates 9¾" x 13" 
  • More photos on folder
  • English text captions and explanations  
  • Gold cover has minor shelf wear

  • Unbound plates to display or frame
  • Folk costumes and jewelry
  • National Ethnographic Museum, Sofia

 

 

Bulgarian National Costumes and Folk Jewellery

C64 $65.   English text edition

Authors: Maria Veleva, Snezhana Dancheva-Blaoeva

Septemvri Publishing House, Sofia, Bulgaria 1983

  • Hardcover, 173pp
  • Cream cloth, gilt lettering 
  • Illustrated dust jacket
  • Slight shelf wear to edges
  • No dj tear as in this photo
  • 8.25" x 11.25" 
  • Out of print, hard to find.

Classic, comprehensive guide.

Section 1 - Bulgarian Folk Costumes  

  • 227 color, & black & white photos
  • Costumes, origins, descriptions
  • Details, embroidery, textiles

Section 2 - Bulgarian Folk Jewelry

  • 108 color photos
  • Earrings, necklaces, rings
  • Bracelets, belts and buckles

BG Map with major towns

Bibliography for each section

Glossary

 

BG7- gj   $8.50 Народни накити от Габровския край

Folk Jewelry of the Gabrovo (Bulgaria) region

Sofia 1981       2 available

  • Paper folder opens out flat
  • Eight 7" x 9" pages
  • Bulgarian and English text
  • 12 color photos of jewelry
  • Slight damage on back from sticker

BG22  $67.

Български Пафти и Колани / Bulgarian Buckles and Belts   Dr Snejana Blagoeva

1999 Sofia, BAN  63pp softcover 8¼" x 11¾" 

  • Out of print, first edition    
  •  New copy, old stock.
  • Slight shelf wear to cover; small price sticker adhesive mark on back cover

Rare, invaluable reference work on 18-20th century traditional Bulgarian metal buckles and woven belts.  

  • Bulgarian and English text on each page.
  • Hundreds of color photographs.
  • Detailed info for each item - date, material, location (museum or private collection), price estimate in 1999.

BG12 B3  $14.

Magie des Couleurs / Цветна магия

[Magic of Colors]  Sofia 2002 

  • 8" x 11" softcover 16 pp
  • French & Bulgarian captions
  • 1 page explanation in French & Bulgarian
  • Color photos, embroidery, costume pieces

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