Persian Miniature Painting. Including a Critical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Miniatures Exhibited at Burlington House, January–March, 1

Language: English

Published by Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, London, 1933

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True First Edition, First Impression. Large Quarto, pp. xvi, 314. Superbly illustrated with a magnificent coloured frontispiece and a sequential run of 113 plates at the rear (of which 14 are exquisitely finished in full colour, including two folding double-plates). Complete and collated. Bound in the publisher's original heavy brown cloth with elaborate geometric design and clear gilt lettering to the upper cover and spine. The binding is remarkably tight, square, and robust, completely free from the sagging text-block or split hinges that frequently afflict this oversized volume. Internally pristine, fresh, and crisp; entirely free from any previous owner inscriptions, library stamps, or marginalia. The Historical and Artistic Context - Published by Oxford University Press in 1933, Persian Miniature Painting by Laurence Binyon, J.V.S. Wilkinson, and Basil Gray is the definitive, legendary monument of Islamic art cataloguing. It was compiled as the official critical record of the historic International Exhibition of Persian Art held at Burlington House, London, in 1931 .For this landmark exhibition, the great libraries, royal collections, and museums of the East—including the Shah of Iran and the libraries of Istanbul—lent their priceless, jewel-like medieval manuscripts to the West for the very first time in human history. Very Good indeed.

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Title
Persian Miniature Painting. Including a Critical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Miniatures Exhibited at Burlington House, January–March, 1
Author
Binyon, Laurence; J.V.S. Wilkinson; Basil Gray
Publisher
Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, London
Publication year
1933
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall
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