4to. 543 pp., 145 photographic plates, 37 maps and several in text schematic drawings by the author (around 800), publisher’s original tanned wrappers, slightly rubbed round edges, partly unopened, small red stamps on title page, label at lower spine, otherwise copy clean & in good condition, part of the Manuels d’Histoire de l’Art series, published by Librairie Renouard & H. Laurens, Editeurs, Paris, first edition, 1912.

Synopsis

Standard survey of Oriental architecture from the ancient world of Mesopotamia and Babylon to Islamic and Far Eastern architecture of the last few centuries.