Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library

Name: Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library
Price: 138.0 USD
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ISBN: 9780195057522

ISBN-10: 019505752X

ISBN-13: 9780195057522

Edition: 1992

Authors: Barbara Schmitz, Massoud Pourfarrokh, Latif Khayyat, Svat Soucek

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This is the first comprehensive publication of a collection of Islamic miniature painting in a major American library or museum. It presents over 3200 Persian, Indian-Islamic, Turkish, and Arabic miniatures in the New York Public Library--principally from the Spencer collection--accompanied by 320 photographs, 24 in color; catalogues of all Islamic manuscripts in the Library qua manuscripts, including a unique collection from Baghdad; and current critical bibliographies of Islamic miniature painting. Schmitz provides descriptions of all significant bookbindings, in leather and lacquer-painted, and numerous Qur'ans and Qur'anic commentaries.

Book details

List price: $150.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/10/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 584
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.796
Language: English