8vo. French & English text, 374 pp., half-title, profusely illustrated with plans, figures, tables, b/w photographs, publisher’s original wrappers, lightly creased up spine, otherwise copy clean & in very condition, Institut Français de Damas, Damascus, 1998.

Synopsis

Nineteen studies by leading experts are published in this work that discusses several aspects of the city of Aleppo. The studies covers the structure of the city, the Orientalists’ myths, the residential areas, the cartography and history of the city, its artisans, the Ottoman invasion, and several other subjects.