Thursday, February 3, 2011

Safawid Rugs and Textiles: The Collection of the Shrine of Imam Ali at Al-Najaf


Aga-Oglu, Mehmet: Safawid Rugs and Textiles: The Collection of the Shrine of Imam Ali at Al-Najaf

Columbia University Press New York 1941

39 Black and White 130 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in Near Fine condition. Decorative slipcase is missing spine and shows wear on edges and corners.

GWO 1938. Catalog of these Persian rugs and textiles in this sacred Shia shrine. This copy is the original 1941 edition with the original green buckram cloth binding and gilt-lettered spine. Included is a four page prospectus with 1 tipped-in black and white plate and a one page publisher's advertising supplement. Loose inscribed end paper signed by the author.

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