4to. xviii, 316 pp., 62 b/w & colour plates, endpaper designs, cloth in d/w, fitted in hardboard slipcase, biblio, index, front cover unhinged, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition, Faber & Faber Ltd, London, first edition, 1988.

Synopsis

This fifth volume on the nonpareil Keir Collection gives a detailed account of recent acquisitions in the fields of Persian and Indian painting, Turkish, Persian and Indian textiles, Persian and Ottoman Metalworks and Ceramics…The book covers the following subjects:1- The arts of the book. 2- Carpets & textiles. 3- Metalwork. 4- Ceramics. 5- Rock crystals.