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	AL KHEMIR, SABIHA From Cordoba to Samarquand Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2006. (ISBN: 8874393164) Hardcover, 29 x 25 Cms. Ill.: Dubois, Hughes. 216 pages - in French, English and Arabic - the back cover is the front cover for 20 pages of text in Arabic - over 80 full-page color illustrations and a map - published to coincide with the 2006 showings at the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Brooklyn Art Museum in New York of masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha - ceramics, pottery, glassworks, metal objects, sculptures, tapestries, paintings, calligraphy and other historical art treasures from the Muslim world, from Moorish Spain to Western China - Photographs by Hugues Dubois - catalogue. New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.92 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 6880] Book number: 005409 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BARRY, MICHAEL Figurative Art in Medieval Islam and the Riddle of Bizhad of Herat Paris, France, Flammarion. 2004. (ISBN: 2080304216) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 408 pages - in English - over 300 color illustrations, mostly plates - maps - a multi-prize-winning author and authority on Islamic and Oriental art and culture describes the golden age of Islamic medieval painting between the 14th and 17th Centuries, spotlighting the work of Bihzad (1465-1535), the master of miniature painting from Herat, Afghanistan - intro. by curator and Harvard professor Stuart Cary Welch, one of the world's foremost specialists on Persian and Mughal painting - cruel and heavenly fairy tales, divine manifestations and Persian verses never before translated into English are included in this wise and scholalry monograph - a chronology of the Islamic Empire (622-1722) - bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 004459 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BERNUS TAYLOR, MARTHE ET AL. Art Des Chevaliers En Pays d'Islam (L') - Collection De La Furusiyya Art Foundation Milan, Italy, Skira. 2007. (ISBN: 9788876248764) hardcover-, 31 x 26 Cms. 420 pages - in French - nearly 400 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Institute of the Arab World in Paris, France, of 8th to 17th Century Islamic weaponry and armor, used by Muslim knights, from the Furusiyya Art Foundation collection - including swords, daggers, maces, axes, spears, shields, bows and more - various essays - list of concordance and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 US$ 149.85 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 006845 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLAIR, SHEILA S./BLOOM, JONATHAN M. Images of Paradise in Islamic Art Hanover, USA, Hood Museum of Art. 1991. (ISBN: 0944722083) Softcover, 30.5 x 23 Cms. 116 pages - in English - nearly 100 illustrations, incl. 22 color plates - published to coincide with the 1991-1992 American showings in Dartmouth College, New York, Brunswick, Berkeley and Springfield of holy texts, ceramics, tapestries and other ancient Islamic objects featuring images of paradise - texts by 7 specialists - glossary, biblio. and index. Fine. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.95 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 004244 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CRITCHLOW, KEITH Islamic Patterns - an Analytical and Cosmological Approach London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1995. (ISBN: 0500270716) softcover-, 26 x 21 Cms. 192 pages - in English - 150 illustrations, incl. many in 2 colors - a description of the geometrical patterns in Islamic art which affirm unity in diversity and seek to describe the cosmological laws which underlie all Creation - foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. New-. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 US$ 44.96 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 009508 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAFTARY F./HIRJI, Z. Ismailis (The) - An Illustrated History London, England, Azimuth Editions. 2008. (ISBN: 9781898592266) Hard Cover, 32 x 26.5 Cms. 262 pages - in English - An interdisciplinary approach to the materials of Islamic history, relating the Ismaili heritage to the contemporary situation - Largely illustrated with color photographs - The advent of Islam - The early Ismailis and the Fatimud state - The Nizari Ismailis until the 13th/19th century - The modern Nizari - Glossary - Selected bibliography - Index - Maps. New -/New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 008781 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EL-SAID, ISSAM Islamic Art and Architecture - the System of Geometric Design Reading, England, Garnet. 1993, First Edition-. (ISBN: 1873938454) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 35 x 25 cms. 136 pages - in English - 2 duotone plates and over 100 black-and-red drawings - the intricate patterns, based on geometric concepts of composition and used in Islamic architecture are described by Iraqi scholar and architect Issam El-Said (1938-1988) - geometric patterns, history, numerals, arithmetic, irrational numbers, Remen, the Royal Cubit, the grid-pattern and more - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.94 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 007859 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GARAUDY, ROGER Mosque (The), Mirror of Islam Paris, France, Jaguar. 1985. (ISBN: 2852583879) Cloth, 33.5 x 28 cms. torn and warped upper d.j. front cover, frayed upper corner on d.j. back cover - 360 pages - in French, English and Arabic - around 200 color illustrations - a noted French intellectual explains the link between Islam and mosques and describes 18 great mosques, incl. the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal. Fine/Poor. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 US$ 149.85 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 004337 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GOLDSTEIN,SIDNEY M. Glass - the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art London, England, Nour Foundation. 2005. (ISBN: 1874780501) , Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. gilt-embossed cloth in a gilt-embossed cloth slipcase - 384 pages - 343 color illustrations, mainly plates, 18 color and 338 b/w figs. - vol.XV of the plush Nour series on the arts of the Islamic world - Nasser D. Khalili gave his name to the Chair of Islamic Art and Archeology at the University of London and the Khalili Collection contains more than 300 pieces that span the history of Islamic glass, from its Sasanian and Byzantine antecedents to 19th and 20th Century revivals - curator of Islamic Art, Sidney M. Goldstein describes the manufacture and decoration of glass, problems in the study of Islamic glass, the antecedents of Islamic glass, early Islamic glass and lustre-painted glass - glossary - author and Khalili Chair holder Jens KrÃ ¶ger on scratched glass - Islamic Art historian Melanie Gibson on Medieval Islamic glass - late Islamic glass - later 19th Century Islamicizing glasses - appendix of drawings - concordances - bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 333.00 [Appr.: EURO 221 US$ 332.67 \| £UK 201 \| JP¥ 28636] Book number: 003445 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GRABAR, OLEG Shape of the Holy (The) Princeton, USA, Princeton University Press. 1996. (ISBN: 0691036535) Cloth, 29 x 23 Cms. slight wrinkling on bottom edge of front d.j. - 234 pages - in English - 90 color illustrations - a distinguished Islamic art historian describes the architecture of the holy places in Jerusalem, mainly in the Haram-el-Sharif area, since the days of Herod until the Muslim transformation between 640 and 1100 A.D. specifically the Dome of the Rock -. New -/As New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 004269 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HOAG, JOHN D. Architettura Islamica Milan, Italy, Electa. 1978. Softcover, 24 x 22 Cms. crease along bottom right front cover and signs of wear along bottom front cover - 200 pages - in Italian - 353 duotone and b/w illustrations - a work on Islamic architecture during the Ommayad & Abbasid empires, the first examples in North Africa, in Spain, during the Fatimid reign, during the Ayubids and Mamelukes, in Persia, in Irak, in Anatolia, in India, during the Ottoman Empire, during the Safawid and Moghul empires and more - biblio. and indexes of names and places. Good. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 US$ 39.96 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3440] Book number: 004754 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KHATIBI,ABDELKEBIR/SIJELMASSI, MOHAMMED Splendour of Islamic Calligraphy (The) London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2001, First Paperback Edition-. (ISBN: 0500282943) Wrappers-, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 240 pages - in English - 232 illustrations, incl. 98 in color - a survey of Islamic calligraphy, from ancient times to the present - origins, proportions of the line, schools, styles, page symbolism, in the sight of Allah, the architectural context, contemporary painting and more - bibliography. New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 74.93 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6450] Book number: 007684 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MACK, ROSAMOND E. Bazaar to Piazza - Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600 Berkeley, California, University of California Press. 2002. (ISBN: 0520224344) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 29 x 22 Cms. 260 pages - in English - 188 color, duotone and b/w illustrations - an authority on the Renaissance describes 14th and 15th Century trade between Islamic countries and Italy and its influence on fine and applied European arts, from Italian textiles featuring Islamic and Asian motifs to ceramics and glassware that reflected Syrian techniques and ornamental concepts, to glassmaking, bookbinding, lacquerware, inlaid brass, patterned silks, carpets, metalwork and more - glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 109.89 \| £UK 66.5 \| JP¥ 9459] Book number: 006569 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MAKARIOU, SOPHIE ET AL Orient De Saladin (L') - L'art Des Ayyoubides Paris, France, Gallimard. 2002. (ISBN: 2070117065) Cloth-, 32 x 24 Cms. 240 pages - in French - over 500 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2002 showing at the Arab Institute in Paris, France, of metalwork, ceramics, textiles and other artworks from the Ayubid dynasty founded by Saladin in the 12th Century and which extended to Syria, Egypt and other regions of the Muslim world and whose architecture is still visible today - essays by 13 specialists on Saladin's Near East, the Ayubid dynasty, medieval Kurds, coins, relations with the Franks, military organization, evolving architecture, town planning, military architecture, economy, metalworks, ceramics, glassworks, spiritual life and more - epilogue by Oleg Grabar - glossary, comparative East-West chronology, biblio. and captions. New-/new-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 109.89 \| £UK 66.5 \| JP¥ 9459] Book number: 006294 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MONREAL, LUIS ET AL Aga Khan Museum (Chefs-D'oeuvre Islamiques De l') Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2007. (ISBN: 9782350311326) Wrappers-, 28 x 22.5 Cms. 224 pages - in French - 74 color plates - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, of masterpieces of Islamic art from the Aga Khan Museum's collection - essays by Sheila Canby, Carine Juvin and 7 other specialists - biblio. list of known references for the acquisitions, glossary and map of Islamic world. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.94 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 006973 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	RABY, JULIAN/TANINDI, ZEREN Turkish Bookbinding in the 15th Century London, England, Azimuth Editions. 1993. (ISBN: 1898592012) , 34 x 25 ms. edition limited to 1,000 copies - gilt-embossed cloth with a gilt frame on the front cover and gilt-embossed red leather spine - 246 pages - in English - nearly 100 color illustrations, mostly plates and 77 b/w illustrations - a handsome work on seminal 15th Century Turkish bookbinding - Ottoman bookbinding before 1460, the books of Mehmed II, Bayezid II and the origins of the classical style - catalogue - structural features of the Ottoman book, tabby bindings, velvet bindings, and, a dynasty of binders - biblio. manuscripts in the Topkapi library and index of binders, scribes, illuminators and designers. New-. CHF 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 US$ 249.75 \| £UK 151 \| JP¥ 21499] Book number: 005413 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	SEBAG, PAUL Kairouan Paris, France, Delpire. 1963. Hardcover, 23.5 x 26 Cms. Oblong. slight stains on front cover, contents bright and clean - 126 pages - in French - around 100 mostly duotone & b/w illustarions, incl. 10 full-page in color - photos by AndrÃ© Martin - a writer and historian describes the great 7th Century mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, an astounding feat of construction with countless exquisite details - drawings & layouts, glossary of technical terms and bibliography. Good. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.94 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 004772 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	SINGER, LYNETTE Minbar of Saladin (The) London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2008. (ISBN: 9780500238431) Cloth-, 29 x 25 Cms. 208 pages - in English - 213 illustrations, incl. 145 in color - the story of the reconstruction of the 12th Century Minbar of Saladin, a wooden pulpit from the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem which was a masterpiece of Islamic art until it was burned in 1969 - essays on the Minbar, its history, destruction, relationship to Islamic art, reconstruction, the quest for lost knowledge, the man who solved the puzzle, and, the new blossoming of Islamic craftsmanship - glossary, biblio. sources of illustrations and index. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.93 \| £UK 42.25 \| JP¥ 6020] Book number: 008850 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	STIERLIN HENRI ET ANNE Alhambra Paris, France, Imprimerie Nationale. 1991, 1Ã¨re Ã‰dition. (ISBN: 2110811293) ReliÃ© dans un Ã‰tui, 31.5 x 25 Cm. 220 pages - en franÃ§ais - environ 180 illustrations couleur (photos), 26 noir et blanc (gravures ou dessins), 9 cartes ou plans - Alhambra la rouge - influences persanes et images salomoniques - le dÃ©cor arabe, l'enchantement des sens - du trÃ´ne de Salomon Ã celui de ChosroÃ¨s - symbolique et mÃ©canique astrale - les jardins de paradis - le plan salomonique - influence et diffusion de l'art mauresque - Bibliographie - Index. Neuf-/Neuve-. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 US$ 199.8 \| £UK 120.75 \| JP¥ 17199] Book number: 005126 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	TASKALE F./GUNDUZ, H. Hilye-i-Serife - Characteristics of the Propher Muhammed in Calligraphic Art Istanbul, Turkey, Antik A.S. Kultur Yayinlari. 2006. (ISBN: 9757843075) Hard Cover, 32 x 25 Cms. 300 pages - in English/Turkish - Numerous and delicate, mostly full-page, color illustrations - Hilyes referred to as Hilye-i-Serif, Hilye-i-Saadet, Hilye-i-Nebevi and Hilye-i-Serife narrating the physical features, character, the human and ethical attributes and behaviour of the Prophet Muhammed have a prominant place in the Islamic litterature, calligraphy and the art of illumination - definition and formation of hilye (about the prophet and the four khalifs) - Hilyes in calligraphic art - hilye forms, plates and illuminations - Catalogue - list of calligraphers and illuminators - Bibliography - Index. New -/New -. CHF 170.00 [Appr.: EURO 112.75 US$ 169.83 \| £UK 102.75 \| JP¥ 14619] Book number: 008911 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	TIRRI, ANTHONY C. Islamic Weapons - Maghrib to Moghul Miami, USA, Indigo Publishing. 2003. (ISBN: 0974719277) Gilt-Embossed Black Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Square. 484 pages - in English - over 350 color illustrations - 13 color maps - a handsomely bound and printed work on weapons used in battle in Islamic countries, from Morocco to Indonesia, between the 17th and 19th centuries, by one of the world's foremost authorities and collectors - Damascus steel - Islamic calendar with date conversion - reproductions/composities, bazaar pieces - bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 210.00 [Appr.: EURO 139.25 US$ 209.79 \| £UK 126.75 \| JP¥ 18059] Book number: 003265 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ZEBROWSKI, MARK Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughtal India London, England, Laurence King. 1997. (ISBN: 1856691152) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 368 pages - in English - 645 illustrations, incl. 117 in color - a description of the metalwork of Mughal India, featuring great surviving objects never published before - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 210.00 [Appr.: EURO 139.25 US$ 209.79 \| £UK 126.75 \| JP¥ 18059] Book number: 008114 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	AL KHEMIR, SABIHA From Cordoba to Samarquand Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2006. (ISBN: 8874393164) Hardcover, 29 x 25 Cms. Ill.: Dubois, Hughes. 216 pages - in French, English and Arabic - the back cover is the front cover for 20 pages of text in Arabic - over 80 full-page color illustrations and a map - published to coincide with the 2006 showings at the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Brooklyn Art Museum in New York of masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha - ceramics, pottery, glassworks, metal objects, sculptures, tapestries, paintings, calligraphy and other historical art treasures from the Muslim world, from Moorish Spain to Western China - Photographs by Hugues Dubois - catalogue. New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.92 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 6880] Book number: 005409 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BARRY, MICHAEL Figurative Art in Medieval Islam and the Riddle of Bizhad of Herat Paris, France, Flammarion. 2004. (ISBN: 2080304216) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 408 pages - in English - over 300 color illustrations, mostly plates - maps - a multi-prize-winning author and authority on Islamic and Oriental art and culture describes the golden age of Islamic medieval painting between the 14th and 17th Centuries, spotlighting the work of Bihzad (1465-1535), the master of miniature painting from Herat, Afghanistan - intro. by curator and Harvard professor Stuart Cary Welch, one of the world's foremost specialists on Persian and Mughal painting - cruel and heavenly fairy tales, divine manifestations and Persian verses never before translated into English are included in this wise and scholalry monograph - a chronology of the Islamic Empire (622-1722) - bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 004459 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BERNUS TAYLOR, MARTHE ET AL. Art Des Chevaliers En Pays d'Islam (L') - Collection De La Furusiyya Art Foundation Milan, Italy, Skira. 2007. (ISBN: 9788876248764) hardcover-, 31 x 26 Cms. 420 pages - in French - nearly 400 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Institute of the Arab World in Paris, France, of 8th to 17th Century Islamic weaponry and armor, used by Muslim knights, from the Furusiyya Art Foundation collection - including swords, daggers, maces, axes, spears, shields, bows and more - various essays - list of concordance and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 US$ 149.85 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 006845 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLAIR, SHEILA S./BLOOM, JONATHAN M. Images of Paradise in Islamic Art Hanover, USA, Hood Museum of Art. 1991. (ISBN: 0944722083) Softcover, 30.5 x 23 Cms. 116 pages - in English - nearly 100 illustrations, incl. 22 color plates - published to coincide with the 1991-1992 American showings in Dartmouth College, New York, Brunswick, Berkeley and Springfield of holy texts, ceramics, tapestries and other ancient Islamic objects featuring images of paradise - texts by 7 specialists - glossary, biblio. and index. Fine. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.95 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4300] Book number: 004244 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CRITCHLOW, KEITH Islamic Patterns - an Analytical and Cosmological Approach London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1995. (ISBN: 0500270716) softcover-, 26 x 21 Cms. 192 pages - in English - 150 illustrations, incl. many in 2 colors - a description of the geometrical patterns in Islamic art which affirm unity in diversity and seek to describe the cosmological laws which underlie all Creation - foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. New-. CHF 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 US$ 44.96 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 009508 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DAFTARY F./HIRJI, Z. Ismailis (The) - An Illustrated History London, England, Azimuth Editions. 2008. (ISBN: 9781898592266) Hard Cover, 32 x 26.5 Cms. 262 pages - in English - An interdisciplinary approach to the materials of Islamic history, relating the Ismaili heritage to the contemporary situation - Largely illustrated with color photographs - The advent of Islam - The early Ismailis and the Fatimud state - The Nizari Ismailis until the 13th/19th century - The modern Nizari - Glossary - Selected bibliography - Index - Maps. New -/New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 008781 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	EL-SAID, ISSAM Islamic Art and Architecture - the System of Geometric Design Reading, England, Garnet. 1993, First Edition-. (ISBN: 1873938454) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 35 x 25 cms. 136 pages - in English - 2 duotone plates and over 100 black-and-red drawings - the intricate patterns, based on geometric concepts of composition and used in Islamic architecture are described by Iraqi scholar and architect Issam El-Said (1938-1988) - geometric patterns, history, numerals, arithmetic, irrational numbers, Remen, the Royal Cubit, the grid-pattern and more - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.94 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 007859 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GARAUDY, ROGER Mosque (The), Mirror of Islam Paris, France, Jaguar. 1985. (ISBN: 2852583879) Cloth, 33.5 x 28 cms. torn and warped upper d.j. front cover, frayed upper corner on d.j. back cover - 360 pages - in French, English and Arabic - around 200 color illustrations - a noted French intellectual explains the link between Islam and mosques and describes 18 great mosques, incl. the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal. Fine/Poor. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 US$ 149.85 \| £UK 90.5 \| JP¥ 12899] Book number: 004337 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GOLDSTEIN,SIDNEY M. Glass - the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art London, England, Nour Foundation. 2005. (ISBN: 1874780501) , Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. gilt-embossed cloth in a gilt-embossed cloth slipcase - 384 pages - 343 color illustrations, mainly plates, 18 color and 338 b/w figs. - vol.XV of the plush Nour series on the arts of the Islamic world - Nasser D. Khalili gave his name to the Chair of Islamic Art and Archeology at the University of London and the Khalili Collection contains more than 300 pieces that span the history of Islamic glass, from its Sasanian and Byzantine antecedents to 19th and 20th Century revivals - curator of Islamic Art, Sidney M. Goldstein describes the manufacture and decoration of glass, problems in the study of Islamic glass, the antecedents of Islamic glass, early Islamic glass and lustre-painted glass - glossary - author and Khalili Chair holder Jens KrÃ ¶ger on scratched glass - Islamic Art historian Melanie Gibson on Medieval Islamic glass - late Islamic glass - later 19th Century Islamicizing glasses - appendix of drawings - concordances - bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 333.00 [Appr.: EURO 221 US$ 332.67 \| £UK 201 \| JP¥ 28636] Book number: 003445 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GRABAR, OLEG Shape of the Holy (The) Princeton, USA, Princeton University Press. 1996. (ISBN: 0691036535) Cloth, 29 x 23 Cms. slight wrinkling on bottom edge of front d.j. - 234 pages - in English - 90 color illustrations - a distinguished Islamic art historian describes the architecture of the holy places in Jerusalem, mainly in the Haram-el-Sharif area, since the days of Herod until the Muslim transformation between 640 and 1100 A.D. specifically the Dome of the Rock -. New -/As New -. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 \| £UK 60.5 \| JP¥ 8599] Book number: 004269 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HOAG, JOHN D. Architettura Islamica Milan, Italy, Electa. 1978. Softcover, 24 x 22 Cms. crease along bottom right front cover and signs of wear along bottom front cover - 200 pages - in Italian - 353 duotone and b/w illustrations - a work on Islamic architecture during the Ommayad & Abbasid empires, the first examples in North Africa, in Spain, during the Fatimid reign, during the Ayubids and Mamelukes, in Persia, in Irak, in Anatolia, in India, during the Ottoman Empire, during the Safawid and Moghul empires and more - biblio. and indexes of names and places. Good. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 US$ 39.96 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3440] Book number: 004754 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KHATIBI,ABDELKEBIR/SIJELMASSI, MOHAMMED Splendour of Islamic Calligraphy (The) London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2001, First Paperback Edition-. (ISBN: 0500282943) Wrappers-, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 240 pages - in English - 232 illustrations, incl. 98 in color - a survey of Islamic calligraphy, from ancient times to the present - origins, proportions of the line, schools, styles, page symbolism, in the sight of Allah, the architectural context, contemporary painting and more - bibliography. New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 74.93 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6450] Book number: 007684 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MACK, ROSAMOND E. Bazaar to Piazza - Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600 Berkeley, California, University of California Press. 2002. (ISBN: 0520224344) Gilt Embossed Cloth, 29 x 22 Cms. 260 pages - in English - 188 color, duotone and b/w illustrations - an authority on the Renaissance describes 14th and 15th Century trade between Islamic countries and Italy and its influence on fine and applied European arts, from Italian textiles featuring Islamic and Asian motifs to ceramics and glassware that reflected Syrian techniques and ornamental concepts, to glassmaking, bookbinding, lacquerware, inlaid brass, patterned silks, carpets, metalwork and more - glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 109.89 \| £UK 66.5 \| JP¥ 9459] Book number: 006569 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MAKARIOU, SOPHIE ET AL Orient De Saladin (L') - L'art Des Ayyoubides Paris, France, Gallimard. 2002. (ISBN: 2070117065) Cloth-, 32 x 24 Cms. 240 pages - in French - over 500 color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2002 showing at the Arab Institute in Paris, France, of metalwork, ceramics, textiles and other artworks from the Ayubid dynasty founded by Saladin in the 12th Century and which extended to Syria, Egypt and other regions of the Muslim world and whose architecture is still visible today - essays by 13 specialists on Saladin's Near East, the Ayubid dynasty, medieval Kurds, coins, relations with the Franks, military organization, evolving architecture, town planning, military architecture, economy, metalworks, ceramics, glassworks, spiritual life and more - epilogue by Oleg Grabar - glossary, comparative East-West chronology, biblio. and captions. New-/new-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 109.89 \| £UK 66.5 \| JP¥ 9459] Book number: 006294 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MONREAL, LUIS ET AL Aga Khan Museum (Chefs-D'oeuvre Islamiques De l') Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2007. (ISBN: 9782350311326) Wrappers-, 28 x 22.5 Cms. 224 pages - in French - 74 color plates - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, of masterpieces of Islamic art from the Aga Khan Museum's collection - essays by Sheila Canby, Carine Juvin and 7 other specialists - biblio. list of known references for the acquisitions, glossary and map of Islamic world. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.94 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 006973 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	RABY, JULIAN/TANINDI, ZEREN Turkish Bookbinding in the 15th Century London, England, Azimuth Editions. 1993. (ISBN: 1898592012) , 34 x 25 ms. edition limited to 1,000 copies - gilt-embossed cloth with a gilt frame on the front cover and gilt-embossed red leather spine - 246 pages - in English - nearly 100 color illustrations, mostly plates and 77 b/w illustrations - a handsome work on seminal 15th Century Turkish bookbinding - Ottoman bookbinding before 1460, the books of Mehmed II, Bayezid II and the origins of the classical style - catalogue - structural features of the Ottoman book, tabby bindings, velvet bindings, and, a dynasty of binders - biblio. manuscripts in the Topkapi library and index of binders, scribes, illuminators and designers. New-. CHF 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 US$ 249.75 \| £UK 151 \| JP¥ 21499] Book number: 005413 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	SEBAG, PAUL Kairouan Paris, France, Delpire. 1963. Hardcover, 23.5 x 26 Cms. Oblong. slight stains on front cover, contents bright and clean - 126 pages - in French - around 100 mostly duotone & b/w illustarions, incl. 10 full-page in color - photos by AndrÃ© Martin - a writer and historian describes the great 7th Century mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, an astounding feat of construction with countless exquisite details - drawings & layouts, glossary of technical terms and bibliography. Good. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 59.94 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5160] Book number: 004772 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	SINGER, LYNETTE Minbar of Saladin (The) London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2008. (ISBN: 9780500238431) Cloth-, 29 x 25 Cms. 208 pages - in English - 213 illustrations, incl. 145 in color - the story of the reconstruction of the 12th Century Minbar of Saladin, a wooden pulpit from the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem which was a masterpiece of Islamic art until it was burned in 1969 - essays on the Minbar, its history, destruction, relationship to Islamic art, reconstruction, the quest for lost knowledge, the man who solved the puzzle, and, the new blossoming of Islamic craftsmanship - glossary, biblio. sources of illustrations and index. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.93 \| £UK 42.25 \| JP¥ 6020] Book number: 008850 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	STIERLIN HENRI ET ANNE Alhambra Paris, France, Imprimerie Nationale. 1991, 1Ã¨re Ã‰dition. (ISBN: 2110811293) ReliÃ© dans un Ã‰tui, 31.5 x 25 Cm. 220 pages - en franÃ§ais - environ 180 illustrations couleur (photos), 26 noir et blanc (gravures ou dessins), 9 cartes ou plans - Alhambra la rouge - influences persanes et images salomoniques - le dÃ©cor arabe, l'enchantement des sens - du trÃ´ne de Salomon Ã celui de ChosroÃ¨s - symbolique et mÃ©canique astrale - les jardins de paradis - le plan salomonique - influence et diffusion de l'art mauresque - Bibliographie - Index. Neuf-/Neuve-. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 US$ 199.8 \| £UK 120.75 \| JP¥ 17199] Book number: 005126 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	TASKALE F./GUNDUZ, H. Hilye-i-Serife - Characteristics of the Propher Muhammed in Calligraphic Art Istanbul, Turkey, Antik A.S. Kultur Yayinlari. 2006. (ISBN: 9757843075) Hard Cover, 32 x 25 Cms. 300 pages - in English/Turkish - Numerous and delicate, mostly full-page, color illustrations - Hilyes referred to as Hilye-i-Serif, Hilye-i-Saadet, Hilye-i-Nebevi and Hilye-i-Serife narrating the physical features, character, the human and ethical attributes and behaviour of the Prophet Muhammed have a prominant place in the Islamic litterature, calligraphy and the art of illumination - definition and formation of hilye (about the prophet and the four khalifs) - Hilyes in calligraphic art - hilye forms, plates and illuminations - Catalogue - list of calligraphers and illuminators - Bibliography - Index. New -/New -. CHF 170.00 [Appr.: EURO 112.75 US$ 169.83 \| £UK 102.75 \| JP¥ 14619] Book number: 008911 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	TIRRI, ANTHONY C. Islamic Weapons - Maghrib to Moghul Miami, USA, Indigo Publishing. 2003. (ISBN: 0974719277) Gilt-Embossed Black Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" Tall Square. 484 pages - in English - over 350 color illustrations - 13 color maps - a handsomely bound and printed work on weapons used in battle in Islamic countries, from Morocco to Indonesia, between the 17th and 19th centuries, by one of the world's foremost authorities and collectors - Damascus steel - Islamic calendar with date conversion - reproductions/composities, bazaar pieces - bibliography - index. New -/New -. CHF 210.00 [Appr.: EURO 139.25 US$ 209.79 \| £UK 126.75 \| JP¥ 18059] Book number: 003265 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ZEBROWSKI, MARK Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughtal India London, England, Laurence King. 1997. (ISBN: 1856691152) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 368 pages - in English - 645 illustrations, incl. 117 in color - a description of the metalwork of Mughal India, featuring great surviving objects never published before - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 210.00 [Appr.: EURO 139.25 US$ 209.79 \| £UK 126.75 \| JP¥ 18059] Book number: 008114 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.