Raymond, Alexandre M.

First edition, part 2 only (see footnote), folio (492 x 350mm.), chromolithographed title, dedication, 52 plates (9 double-page) and endpapers, other illustrations in the text, original cloth-backed decorative portfolio, printed dust-jacket, library stamp of Stadtische Volksbibliothek Trautenau on verso of dedication and on dust-jacket, [Atabey 1015 ("a very attractive book"); not in Blackmer], some minor stains to boards, foot of spine slightly worn, dust-jacket torn with some loss

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The splendid chromolithographed plates illustrate Islamic architecture and architectural details drawn from mosques at Konia, Brousse, Sivas, Constantinople, Yeni-Cheir, and Iznik. This volume, complete in itself, is the second part in a series on Islamic Art, the first part (1922) is on Turkish pottery; they are rarely found together.