The Story of Islamic Architecture Tapa dura - 1999

Hardback. Very Good.

Reading: Garnet Publishing, 1999. First edition (hardback). 4to (32cm by 24cm), xii, 240pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (some chafing of the top edge). ISBN 1859641083

Reading, UK: Garnet. VG/VG+. 1999. 1st Eng. hardcover. folio . 240pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Front end paper shows split in gutter (badly laid, reglued?) Still solid. 1/4" tear to DJ. .

Reading, UK : Garnet Pub, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xi, 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 33 cm. Notes; Illustrated endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233) and index. Contents; Islamic World -- Introduction: The Prophet's Ministry and the Muslim Faith -- Ch. 1. Religious Basis of Form and Function in Islamic Architecture -- Ch. 2. Umayyad Architecture -- Ch. 3. Emerging Islamic Identity -- Ch. 4. Tulunid and Fatimid Egypt -- Ch. 5. Umayyad, Almoravid and Almohad Architecture in Spain and Morocco -- Ch. 6. Nasrid, Mudejar, Marinid and Sa'dian Architecture in Spain and Morocco -- Ch. 7. Ayyubid and Mamluk Architecture -- Ch. 8. Samanid and Seljuk Architecture in Persia and Anatolia -- Ch. 9. Ottoman Architecture -- Ch. 10. Ilkhanid, Timurid and Safavid Architecture -- Ch.… Leer más

Hardcover. New.