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.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: Springhead Books (GB)
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

Terms of Sale

Springhead Books

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

About the Seller

Springhead Books

This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2021

Rochester, Kent

Ask Seller a Question

About Springhead Books

Online bookseller specialising in cult authors, architects, artists and designers

Glossary
Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...