4to. 169 pp., 96 b/w plates, publisher’s wrappers, front cover missing, Unopened, copy inside clean & in very good condition, Institut Français D’Archéologie de Beyrouth, Bibliothéque Archéologique et Historique, Tome LXXXIV, ouvrage publié avec le concours de la Direction Générale des Relations Culturelles Scientifiques, Institut Français D’Archéologie de Beyrouth, Bibliothéque Archéologique et Historique, Tome XCIII, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 1971.

Synopsis

The second part of a major academic study discussing various aspects of Islamic paintings in Ottoman manuscripts from 11623-1773. The author deals with the influence of Byzantine art on Islamic art, and the development of the Islamic art with its distinguished special patterns and designs. This research was carried by help from the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifiques in France and the Fogg Museum of art, Harvard University. [Creswell Supplement 313].