Folio. 17 pp., with 30 chromolithographic plates, later red buckram, shelf wear to edges, hinges sound but spine strip shows deterioration and loss especially at upper extremity; internally generally clean, but with some smudging at plate margins, Ex-library copy SWAF including, but not guaranteed to be limited to, perforated stamp at title page; sheets generally clean and attractive but edges may be prone to brittleness, Henry Sotheran, London, first edition, 1879.

Synopsis

As one of Europe’s leading art historians, the author was able to use his observation that many of the great masters had used the Oriental carpets of their time by way of showing the importance of the subject (often a member of the nobility) to write what was the very first book on the subject of Oriental carpets and rugs. Naturally, since he was a German academic based in Berlin, the work first appeared in German (in 1877). It was subsequently reissued both in English and in French.
Bibliographic reference: Creswell 1171.