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The Topkapi Saray Museum: The Albums and Illustrated Manuscripts
by Rogers, J. M. [ed., trans.] ; Cagman, Filiz ; Tanindi, Zeren
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0821216333
- ISBN 13
- 9780821216330
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: A New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Company 1986. 4to. First Edition. 216 pp. Grey hardback with gilt lettering to boards and spine in colour illustrated jacket, within a colour illustrated slipcase. All clean and bright, in near fine condition inside and out. Handsomely produced book, very good colour photography: with 181 colour illustrations and 2 maps. Part of a series on the Topkapi Saray Museum, this volume focussing on the museum's outstanding group of Islamic miniature paintings, found in illustrated copies of classic works and as surviving fragments pasted or bound into albums in the former royal libraries. 0821216333 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1986.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71756
- Title
- The Topkapi Saray Museum: The Albums and Illustrated Manuscripts
- Author
- Rogers, J. M. [ed., trans.] ; Cagman, Filiz ; Tanindi, Zeren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0821216333
- ISBN 13
- 9780821216330
- Publisher
- A New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Company 1986
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 4to.
- Keywords
- Arabic,Turkish books,Turkish manuscripts,Islamic miniature manuscripts,, Illuminated manuscripts,Eastern works
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oriental Arts; Decorative Arts; Bibliography;
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London, Greater London
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