The Poems of Nizami / Described by Laurence Binyon
1928, First Edition. London : Studio Ltd. Very good cloth copy in a good dust-wrapper only, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-torn, with minor loss. Some foxing to endpapers and edges of both panels and text block. Internally, pages are notably tight, bright and clean with vibrant plates. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #454486
Series; Studio special number ; 1928. Physical description; 4 preliminary pages, 30 pages, 17 leaves : 16 colour plates ; 39 cm. Notes; Plates III-XVI are reproductions of the full-page paintings inserted as illustrations of Nizami's five poems (the Khamsah) in a sixteenth century Persian manuscript (British Museum Or. 2265); plates I-II reproduce pages of text and decoration. Subjects; Ni m Ganjav (1140 or 41-1202 or 3). Khamsah -- Illustrations. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- 16th century. Painting, Iranian -- 16th century. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Iran -- 16th century. Manuscripts, Persian -- Facsimiles.
Price: €85.00