Arab Art: As Seen Through the Monuments of Cairo from the 7th Century to the 18th.
by Prisse D'Avennes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0863560008
- ISBN 13
- 9780863560002
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About This Item
Paris and London: Le Sycomore; Al Saqi , 1983. Cloth. Very Good. 34 cm; 265 pages and 176 plates, many in color. Bound in decorated cloth. No blemishes.
Contents: Portrait of Egypts nature, soil, and climate, and of the various human races its population comprises -- Historical prolegomena : First period; The caliphs; From the conquest of `Amr to the Ayyubids--8th to 13th centuries -- Historical prolegomena : Second period; The Mamluks -- Historical prolegomena : Third period; From the conquest of Sultan Selim to the conquest of Bonaparte--16th to 18th centuries -- The government, mores, and customs of the Mamluks -- Description of the city of Cairo -- Religious architecture -- Civil architecture -- Military architecture -- Arts related to architecture -- Arts independent of architecture -- The origin, development, and decay of Arab architecture
Contents: Portrait of Egypts nature, soil, and climate, and of the various human races its population comprises -- Historical prolegomena : First period; The caliphs; From the conquest of `Amr to the Ayyubids--8th to 13th centuries -- Historical prolegomena : Second period; The Mamluks -- Historical prolegomena : Third period; From the conquest of Sultan Selim to the conquest of Bonaparte--16th to 18th centuries -- The government, mores, and customs of the Mamluks -- Description of the city of Cairo -- Religious architecture -- Civil architecture -- Military architecture -- Arts related to architecture -- Arts independent of architecture -- The origin, development, and decay of Arab architecture
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5232
- Title
- Arab Art: As Seen Through the Monuments of Cairo from the 7th Century to the 18th.
- Author
- Prisse D'Avennes
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0863560008
- ISBN 13
- 9780863560002
- Publisher
- Le Sycomore; Al Saqi
- Place of Publication
- Paris and London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- Journeys and Destinations;
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