Archeology from Archive

42 x 26 cm. Title page and 34 colored lithograph plates

399 p., 100 photographic plates of which some are in colours. Archeological and historical study about treasuries in the mausoleum of Imam Ali in Najaf. withe a frontispiece of the author who was the first woman to visit the inside of the mausoleum as researcher.

The author was curator of Islamic art at the Teheran museum. foreword by Ernst Kuehnel in Cairo 1948. 134 p. of text, 11 full plates inside text, 33 fig. during the pages, 98 full page plates at the end of the book. gilded blue hard cover binding. Fine printed book on wite buffed paper. As issued.

un-used copy, in the publisher's wrappers. Frontispiece of the author.

471 p. with many photographic fig. most in colours. about the Islamic architecture; Mosques, schools, Waqfs, Khans, old pazars, homes and Palaces, mausoleum and Shrines... printed on fine smooth wite paper, with picturial DJ.

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