Bosch GulnarABAA
ISLAMIC BINDINGS & BOOKMAKING
198152218Chicago: The Oriental Institute Museum University of Chicago 1981. sewn stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. small 4to. sewn stiff paper wrappers. xii 235 pages. The German orientalist and Arabic scholar Bernard Moritz acquired a large number of Islamic manuscripts books and other items many of which he sold to the Univ. of Chicago Oriental Institute in the late 1920's. This exhibition catalogue of Moritz Islamic bindings mostly resident in the Oriental Inst. collection lists 95 bindings and 5 manuscript items. Each binding is illustrated often with additional illustrations of details and extensively described often with references. A few illustrations are in color most are black-and-white. Extensive introductory matter discusses history materials techniques and structures of Islamic bindings with notes references. Minor shelf-wear else fine. The Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago unknown books
Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €
