The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, I: Ikhshids and Fatimids A.D. 939-1171

Creswell, K. A. C.

Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1952

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Hardcover in publisher's original heavy green buckram, #355 of 550 copies printed, all illustrations & foldouts present & perfect, two large folding maps of Cairo present & unused in rear pocket, released from the Occidental College Library special collections with tiny stamp to rear pastedown near map pocket, no other markings, institutional or otherwise, boards show only light shelfwear & soil and softening/rounding to spine ends & corners, a bright tight exemplary copy of this signal achievement in early Muslim architectural studies; a second volume, covering the Ayyubids & Mamluks to 1326, was issued in 1959; elephant folio; xxvi + 290pp illus (several in foldout) + 125 plate pages in photogravure; 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book - NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering as the additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). Seller Inventory # 30622

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, I: ...

Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press

Publication Date: 1952

Binding: Hard Cover

Edition: First Edition.