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Persian Painting, Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the Sixteenth Centuryby Welch, Stuart Cary
Book DescriptionNew York: George Braziller, 1976. cloth. fine in dj. 4to. 127 pp. 48 full page color plates. 26 b/w illus. bibliography. The manuscripts are the Shah-Nama of Firdawsi, collected works of Mir'Ali Shir Nawa'i, Diwanof Hafiz, Khamsa of Nizami and Haft Awrang of Jami. This is a popular book not intended for the five or six specialists of Safavid art but for everyone. Hopefully, it will open many eyes to the deeper joys of Iranian painting, which too often is considered precious or slight". Bookseller Terms of Salecheck/ cash/ money order/ |
