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471 p. with many photographic fig. most in colours. about the Islamic architecture; Mosques, schools, Waqfs, Khans, old pazars, homes and Palaces, mausoleum and Shrines... printed on fine smooth wite paper, with picturial DJ.

42 x 26 cm. Title page and 34 colored lithograph plates

un-used copy, in the publisher's wrappers. Frontispiece of the author.

The author was curator of Islamic art at the Teheran museum. foreword by Ernst Kuehnel in Cairo 1948. 134 p. of text, 11 full plates inside text, 33 fig. during the pages, 98 full page plates at the end of the book. gilded blue hard cover binding. Fine printed book on wite buffed paper. As issued.

399 p., 100 photographic plates of which some are in colours. Archeological and historical study about treasuries in the mausoleum of Imam Ali in Najaf. withe a frontispiece of the author who was the first woman to visit the inside of the mausoleum as researcher.

Cairo: The Khedivial press, Bulak, 1864 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Arabic text, 192 p translated by Abd Allah Abu al Soud Effendi, according to the khedivial order of Ismail b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad Ali Pasha, the vice roy of Egypt. A French archaeologist and Egyptologist, Mariette-Bey was sent to Egypt by the Louvre in 1850 to obtain Coptic manuscripts for the museum's collections. Failing in this task, he instead led excavations at Saqqara, Giza, and Thebes and rediscovered the Serapeum. Later, as director of ancient monuments in Egypt and curator of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, he began the enormous task of conserving the antiquities of Egypt and curtailing the wide-spread exportation of cultural objects. Christies note: Voyage dans la Haute-Égypte, sale 2232. Rare in Arabic..

Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, Dar ul Athar al- Arabiyya publication, 1937 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dedicated and signed by the author. Arabic text, 291 p with 64 fine photographic plates in the end. Limited to 500 copies printed in Dar al Kutub al Misriyya press. Original hard covers. As new. Important limited and signed book on the Islamic art..

Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, Dar ul Athar al- Arabiyya publication, 1937 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Arabic text, 291 p with 64 fine photographic plates in the end. Limited to 500 copies printed in Dar al Kutub al Misriyya press. Original hard covers. Left mrgins waterstained, otherwise VG. and papers are crisp..

Cairo: IFAO, 1899 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. TITLE PAGE IN BLACK AND RED WITH KHEDIVAL ARM, PREFACE BY THE COMMITEE, INTRODUCTION, 34PP OF TEXT IN FRENCH INCLUDING ARABIC AND 8 FIGURES, 20 FULL PAGE PLATES, PLATE 15 FINE COLOURED. THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND LOOSE AS PUBLISHED IN IT'S ORIGINAL FINE ISLAMIC MAMLOUK STYLE DECORATED DARK GREEN CLOTH BINDING. SCARCE AND FINE EX. ON THE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE MAMLOUK ERA..

Giza (Orman), Egypt: The Survey of Egypt, 1949 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. One of the most important works ever been printed in Egypt. The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (641) to 1365 H. (1946) being a series of views in colours and monochrome of the principal mosques of Egypt with a brief note on each monument describing its history and architectural features accompanied by detailed plans and maps. Egyptian Kingdom, Ministry of Waqfs. The Arabic edition in 2 volumes; (Vol. 1) 2 lvs. of introduction by Ahmad Hassan al Bakouri, Minister of Waqfs and Creswell, separately inserted in 1954. 3 lvs of index, 76 p., 93 full page monochrome lithographic plates with index of 11 and12 pages printed in 1951 together with 2 folding maps in colors inside rear pocket in the end of the volume. (Vol. 2) 2 lvs of introduction, Pages from 77 to 148, Plates from 94 to 243. Some plates in the tow volumes are in colors and with tissue guards. The English edition in 2… Read More

Cairo: Fouad Uni. Press (Cairo University), 1951 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. The limited and only Arabic edition of Zambaur's work about the Muslim dynasties since the first century of al Hijra, translated and edited by the well-known archeologist Zaki Muhammad Hassan and some other scholars in the Egyptian University in 1951. 2 volumes contains 534 p. original printer wrappers and modern fine hard cover bindings. Limited edition to 1000 copies..

Paris: Paul Klincksieck, 1889 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Suivis du catalogue des plantes recueillies, d'une liste des principales especes cultivees avec leurs noms arabes et de nombreuses determinations barometriques d'atitude. 246 p. with explication des planches and errata. With 6 full page plates: (1) Aspidopteris Yemensis. (2) Aspidopteris Yemensis. (3) Crolataria squamigera. (4) Boucerosia cicatricosa (5) a- Heliotropium Bottae. b- Hypoestes radicans (6) Bicornella arabica. Evidence of expertly removed small stamps (possibly ex-libris) from the title page and plates, otherwise, very good at least in later (possibly the beginning of 1900's) fine binding..