Hunting as Practised in Arab Countries of the Middle Ages.

First edition, first printing, of this illustrated study by the curator of the Museum of Arab Art, Cairo. Hassan's was the first attempt to "relate representations of hunting scenes to their practical and social functions" (Hillenbrand, p. 229). With the exception of one, all the artefacts captured in the photographic half-tones are drawn from the collections under the author's care at the Cairo museum. Robert Hillenbrand, Image and Meaning in Islamic Art, 2005. Octavo, pp. 20. With 12 half-tone plates. Original blue card wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, front cover lettered in blue. Covers a touch soiled, contents lightly toned. A near-fine copy.