4to. 262 pp., [2], half-title, title, 88 b/w plates, publisher’s original wrappers, ouvrage publié avec l’aide du Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, et du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Français d’Archéologie de Beyrouth, Bibliothéque Archéologique et Historique, Tome LXXVI, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, first edition, 1964.

Synopsis

A detailed study of the golden age of Persian miniature painting under Shah Abbas I until the end of the Safavid dynasty. Stchoukine, one of the foremost scholars of Islamic art, follows in the footsteps of Sir Thomas Arnold. He wrote several books on Islamic miniatures including “les Peintures des Manuscrits Timurides” ( 1954), and “Les Peintures Turque….” ( 1966). His works “form one of the most important and comprehensive surveys of Persian paintings.”
Bibliographic reference: Creswell Supplement 303.