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The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501-1722
by Canby, Sheila R
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0714114685
- ISBN 13
- 9780714114682
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Contents: 1. Prelude to the Conquest -- 2. Like a Burning Sun: Shah Ismail I (1501-1524) -- 3. The Years of War: Shah Tahmasp at Tabriz (1524-1555) -- 4. A New Capital and New Patrons: Shah Tahmasp at Qazvin (1555-1576) -- 5. The Lowest Ebb: Shahs Ismail II and Muhammad Khudabandeh (1576-1587) -- 6. From Qazvin to Isfahan: The Glorious Reign of Shah Abbas I (1587-1629) -- 7. A Voluptuous Interlude: Shah Safi (1629-1642) -- 8. A New Focus: Shah Abbas II (1642-1666) -- 9. The Patrimony Squandered: Shah Sulayman (Safi II, 1666-1694) -- 10. Disintegration of the Dynasty: Shah Sultan Husayn (1694-1722) -- Epilogue: The Safavid Legacy. 192 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 26 cm. First edition, first printing. Red cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016357
- Title
- The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501-1722
- Author
- Canby, Sheila R
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0714114685
- ISBN 13
- 9780714114682
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
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