4to, 29 pp, (1), Russian text, +12 colour plates hors text, frontis portrait, numerous b/w in text, original cloth backed boards in d/w, light wear to upper edge of d/w, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition, Sovetskii, Khudozhnik, Moscow, 1955.

Synopsis

Latif Huseyn oglu Karimov (Azerbaijani: Lətif Kərimov) (17 November 1906 in Shusha – 1991 in Baku) was an Azerbaijani carpet designer known for his contributions to a variety of artistic fields, as well as for a number of books classifying and describing various designs of Azerbaijani rugs.