POPE, Arthur Upham ed., & ACKERMAN, Phyllis.
A Survey of Persian Art: From Prehistoric Times to the Present.
Includes pre-Islamic and Islamic art, architecture, ornament, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, carpets, art of the book, calligraphy etc. Ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. 6 volumes + index, 2817pp of text and 1482 plates, tall thick 4to, profusely illustrated, blue cloth, d.w. (partially present). Index volume is small 8vo, 136pp., blue cloth, d.w. repaired. London: Oxford University Press, 1938 and 1958. Very Good.
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