4to. 95 pp., 69 colour plates, original cloth in rubbed d/w, biblio, index, two small stains to margins of pages 6-8 not affecting text, otherwise copy in very good condition, from the library of R Smitskamp with a note “for Mr R.S.” tipped-in verso front cover, from the series Art and Cultural Publications No. 1, Ali Riza Baskan, Istanbul, first edition, 1979.

Synopsis

A set of typical examples of miniature painting chosen from among the thousands of Turkish-Islamic miniatures housed in the Topkapi Palace Museum.