A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. (Edition de Luxe)
Pope, A[rthur]. U[pham]. (Ed)
London. Oxford University Press. 1938
The édition de luxe of Arthur Upham Pope's magum opus with the rare portfolio issued only with this edition.
Pope's monumental history of Persian art features both a scholarly text and an unmatched corpus of illustrations; the work remains of unparalleled importance for the study of the arts of Persia.
The survey ranges from the pre-Islamic art of the prehistoric, Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian periods, Islamic art, with architecture, ceramics, calligraphy & epigraphy, the arts of the book, textiles, carpets, metalwork, minor arts and music.
The plates are printed recto only on superior paper, and are preserved in 6 morocco backed boxes, unbound. The large portfolio of 4 plates issued with this édition de luxe and often missing is present.
Pope's monumental history of Persian art features both a scholarly text and an unmatched corpus of illustrations; the work remains of unparalleled importance for the study of the arts of Persia.
The survey ranges from the pre-Islamic art of the prehistoric, Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian periods, Islamic art, with architecture, ceramics, calligraphy & epigraphy, the arts of the book, textiles, carpets, metalwork, minor arts and music.
The plates are printed recto only on superior paper, and are preserved in 6 morocco backed boxes, unbound. The large portfolio of 4 plates issued with this édition de luxe and often missing is present.
10 vols. Large 4to. (3 vols. text + 6 vols. plates) + Atlas portfolio (562 x 444 mm). pp. xxviii, 895, (1); xi, 897 - 1807, (1); xi, 1809 - 2817, numerous text illustrations throughout and two folding maps (vols. I - III). Illustrated with 1,483 hors-texte plates on rectos only (vols. IV - IX each with booklet and sectional title leaves), of which 201 are coloured; there are also twenty-three double-page plates, of which eight are coloured, portfolio with four large format plates, one folding. Original publisher's black half-morocco, plate volumes in matching drop-back boxes, large cloth-backed portfolio with flaps and ties, gilt title to upper cover.
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