Asia: Books, Maps, Prints & Posters
Catalog Information: 447 lots
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Lot 1: Abdul-Baha. Some Answered Questions, collected and
Abdul-Baha. Some Answered Questions, collected and translated from the Persian...by Laura Clifford Barney, first edition, light spotting and worming, later cloth, 8vo, 1908; and 17 others concering the Bahá'í faith, some pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (18)
Lot 2: Ali Sharaf al-Din. The History of Timur-Bec, known
Ali Sharaf al-Din. The History of Timur-Bec, known by the Name of Tamerlane the Great, Emperor of the Moguls and Tartars..., translated by François Petis de la Croix and John Darby, 2 vol., first edition in English, vol.1 with half-title and final bl [...more]
Lot 3: Andrae (Walter, editor) Coloured Ceramics from
Andrae (Walter, editor) Coloured Ceramics from Ashur and Earlier Ancient Assyrian Wall-Paintings, plates, most colour, tissue guards, some pencil markings and annotations, plates a little browned, some loose and chipped at fore-edge, original cloth, [...more]
Lot 4: Arnold (Sir Thomas W.) and Prof. Adolf Grohmann.
Arnold (Sir Thomas W.) and Prof. Adolf Grohmann. The Islamic Book: a Contribution to its Art and History from the VII-XVIII Century, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 375, plates, some colour and tipped in, captioned tissue guards, origin [...more]
Lot 5: Ars Orientalis: the Arts of Islam and the East,
Ars Orientalis: the Arts of Islam and the East, vol.1-11, maps, plates and illustrations, vol.1 in original wrappers, a little frayed at edges, vol.2 in buckram, the rest in cloth, 4to, Washington D.C. and University of Michigan, 1954-79.
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