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	BERTHOD, BERNARD/HARDOUIN-FUGIER, ELISABETH Dictionnaire Des Objets De Devotion Paris, Editions De L'Amateur. 2006. (ISBN: 2859174354) Wrappers-, 26 x 21 cms. 280 pages - in French - over 500 mostly color illustrations - a dazzling compendium of hundreds of European Catholic religious objects, ancient and more recent, including rosaries, crucifixes and painted images whose function is to connect the material world to the spititual one - intro. essay - dictionary - index. New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 005531 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BERTHOD, BERNARD/HARDOUIN-FUGIER, ELISABETH Dictionnaire Iconographique Des Saints Paris, France, Amateur. 1999. (ISBN: 9782859172787) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 476 pages - in French - a dictionary of 2.500 catholic saints selected according their popularity in the France of XIX and XXth century, with resumÃ© of life and mention of their attributes and characteristics - very rich and various iconography in color or b/w with drawings, reproductions of paintings, statues and engravings - bibliography - departmental index of episcopal towns - index of names - index of the attributes- a reference book essential for every catholic institution. New -/New -. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75 US$ 157.12 \| £UK 94.25 \| JP¥ 13973] Book number: 000551 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRAUEN, MARTIN Dalai-Lamas (les) - Les 14 Reincarnations Du Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Lausanne, Swirzerland, Favre. 2005. (ISBN: 9782828908409) Cloth-, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 304 pages - in French - 364 mostly color illustrations - a meticulously researched history of Tibet's Dalai Lamas, the 14 reincarnations of Bohhisattva Avalokitesvara in 600 years of Tibetan history - also: the 14th Dalai Lama's attitude towards modernity, relationship of teacher to student in danger, the protective deities, Sept Thanga, letter-writing and icocongraphy - biblio. map of Tibet and list of illustrations. New-/New-. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.47 \| £UK 50.25 \| JP¥ 7423] Book number: 009372 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRAUEN, MARTIN Mandala - Cercle Sacre Du Bouddhisme tibetain, Lausanne, Switzerland, Favre. 2004. (ISBN: 2828907724) Pictorial Hardcover, 29 x 23.5 Cms. 176 pages - in French - 122 mostly color illustrations - an anthropologist and religious historian, specialized in Buddhism, travelled to Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and elsewhere in pursuit of his research on the Mandala, the holy wheel that is central to Tantrism - approaching the mystery; basic notions about the teaching wheel; the outer Mandala: the Cosmos; the inner Mandala: the human being; and, the other Mandala: the Tantric method - the construction of a 3-dimensional Shi Khro Mandala - notes and index. New-/New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 73.65 \| £UK 44.25 \| JP¥ 6550] Book number: 005398 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BSOD NAMS RGYA MTSHO Tibetan Mandalas - The Ngor Collection Tokyo, Japan, Kodansha International. 1983, Limited to 300. (ISBN: 4069956972) Hardbound in Slipcases, Elephant Folio - Square - 51X51cm. Two volumes in separated deluxe boxes - Plate volume, c.300 pages in 5 colour offset - Text volume, c.340 pages in 2 colour offset, text in English, Japanese, Tibetan and Sanskrit (romanised) - This exceptional corpus is a complete and faithful reproduction of the renowed Ngor monastery collection of 139 mandalas illustrating the rGyud sde kun btus, a treasury of esoteric tantric knowledge - The monumental size of the volumes and the finest art paper capture the real dimensions of the Mandalas, which were produced by Tibetan artists on Indian Canvas at a size of 38.5 x 38.5cm - The accompanying text volume contents comprehensive analysis (the history of the collection, a preface by the head of the Sa skya school, an explanation of the system of the rGyud sde kun btus) and a complete list of the deities identified in each icon together with the relevant Sanskrit root texts and rGyud sde kun btus text for each respective teaching - The Ngor monastery collection is the sole surviving complete set of mandalas in existence today. New -. CHF 9500.00 [Appr.: EURO 6270.25 US$ 9329 \| £UK 5593 \| JP¥ 829646] Book number: 001602 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BURTON, JEAN-DOMINIQUE Voodoo - Vaudou Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2007. (ISBN: 9788874394432) Cloth, 31x 23.5 Cm. hardcover, with a duotone illustration on the front cover and a color illustration on the back cover - 256 pages - in French, English and Italian - over 100 color and duotone full-page illustrations and a map - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Zinsou Foundation in BÃ©nin, Africa, of prints by Belgian photographer Jean-Dominique Burton (b.1952) who photographed the people and ritual objects present at a yearly gathering of Voudounons, followers of voodoo cults - the four great deities: fire/thunder, air, water and earth. New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 006976 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BUXTORF-HOSCH, EDITH / VON RODA BURKARD ET AL. Der Basler MÃ¼nsterschatz Basel, Switzerland, Christoph Merian. 2001. (ISBN: 3856161422) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 386 pages - in German - catalogue of the exhibition held at the Museum of History at Basel, Switzerland, in 2001 - numerous color illustrations of the major pieces of the treasure of the Cathedral , mostly reliquaries - relics - crosses- liturgy and ceremony objects - 61 original works and 19 copies are illustrated with technical and historical details, origin and a short notice - essay on the Cathedral of Basel and its bishops - glossary - list of authors - bibliography - register of the origins of the works. New -/New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 74.63 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6637] Book number: 001788 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CALLEBAUT, PAUL-JACQUES Mysterieux Druzes Du Mont-Liban (les) Tournai, Belgium, Renaissance Du Livre. 2000. (ISBN: 2804603334) Cloth, 26.5 x 27 cms. Oblong. 128 pages - in French - over 120 color illustrations - a noted authority on Near Eastern religious communities descibes the mysterious Druzes and their heartland in Mount Lebanon - the Druze mountain, birth of the Druzes, the Druze secret order, modern-day Druzes and conclusion - chronological table, glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 004940 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHEBEL, MALEK Symboles De l'Islam Paris, France, Assouline. 1997. (ISBN: 2843230055) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in French - around 80 full-page color ilustrations - photography by Laziz Hamani - a visual synthesis of the Islamic world by an expert on Arab culture - the Koran, the Qaba, the Mihrab, the madrassa, beads, dress and much more - conclusion - For version in English of this book, see ISBN 1873938020. New-/New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 007874 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHEBEL, MALEK Symbols of Islam Paris, France, Assouline. 1997. (ISBN: 2843230071) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - around 80 full-page color illustrations - photography by Laziz Hamani - a visual synthesis of the Islamic world by an expert on Arab culture - Allah, prophets, The Koran, prayer, fast, pilgrimage, the Kaaba, the Qibla, the mosque, the Mihrab, the madrassa, gestures, behavior, prayer beads, clothing, water, colors and more - conclusion. For version in French of this book, see ISBN 2843230055. New-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 007865 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CLIFTON, JAMES Body of Christ in the Art of Europe and New Spain 1150-1800 The Munich, Prestel. 1997. (ISBN: 3791318659) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall Oblong. 176 pages - 51 full-color and 47 b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 1997 showing at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts of works depicting Christ in Europe and New Spain between 1150 and 1800 by artists such as Rubens, Botticelli, DÃ¼rer, Tintoretto and others - essays by David Nirenberg and Linda Elaine Neagley on the historical body of Christ and its architecture - catalogue - glossary - index of artists - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 80.52 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 7161] Book number: 002690 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUPEUX, CÃ‰CILE Figures Du MusÃ©e De l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame Strasbourg, France, MusÃ©es De Strasbourg. 2005. (ISBN: 2901833799) Wrappers, 26 x 22 Cm. 158 p - in French - 120 illustrations - A journey in the exceptional buildings of the Museum de L'oeuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg, showing treasures of the collection of religious Strasbourg and upper Rhine artworks between the 11th and 17th Century: focalising on the statuary portraits, namely the wallnut wood virgins of the main entrance of the cathedral shot by the photographer Florian Kleinefenn, which reveal the essence of these works and that of the Museum - Notes. New -. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 004262 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ERACLE, JEAN ET AL Thangka De l'Himalaya - Images De La Sagesse Turin, Italy, Priuli & Verlucca/MusÃ©e Ethno Geneva. 2003. (ISBN: 8880682156) Soft Bound, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 170 pages - in French - 80 color plates, many figures - revised and updated edition of the 1993 original - published in conjunction with Geneva's Museum of Ethnography - essays on the link between the evolution of Buddhism and the marvelous intricacy of thangkas - photos by Jonathan Watts - 3 appendices and bibliography. New -. CHF 53.00 [Appr.: EURO 35 US$ 52.05 \| £UK 31.25 \| JP¥ 4629] Book number: 002353 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FRISHMAN, MARTIN/KHAN, HASAN-UDIN Mosque (The) - History, Architectural Development and Regional Development London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1994. (ISBN: 0500283451) softcover-, 30 x 22 vms. 288 pages - in English - 378 illustrations, incl. 170 in color - a region-by-region history of the development and architecture of the mosque and of its role as a religious and social institution - essays by Mohammed Al-Asad, Oleg Grabar and 14 other specialists on the mosque as an expression of Islam, its architecture, the role of calligraphy, the applications of geometry, regions, styles, the mosque in present-day society, contemporary mosques and more - biblio. glossary, chronology and index. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 007858 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GEORGE, PHILIPPE Tresors Des Cathedrales d'Europe Paris, France, Somogy. 2005. (ISBN: 2850569224) Cloth, 29 x 26 cms. 208 pages - in French - over 200 mostly color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2005-2006 showings at the Museum of Fine Arts and two historical sites in Beaune, France, of ancient, often rare, ecclesiastical paintings, jewellery, carvings, chalices, bibles, tapestries, crucifixes and other precious objects from European cathedrals which, since the Renaissance, were collected by rulers and other important people. New -/New -. CHF 72.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 70.7 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6288] Book number: 004079 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GHAFFARI, SALMAN Shia'ism or Islam-original Teheran, Iran, Haidari Press. gilt-embossed cloth-, 22 x 15 cms. undated - title page features signature by author and date 27/4/68 - 232 pages - in Farsi and English - 30 b/w illustrations - a learned description of the Shia branch of Islam and of its tenets. fine-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 147.3 \| £UK 88.5 \| JP¥ 13100] Book number: 009482 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GREENWOOD, TIM/VARDANYAN, EDDA Hakob's Gospels - the Life and Work of an Armenian Artist in the 16th Century London, England, Sam Fogg. 2006. (ISBN: 0954901479) Wrappers-, 30 x 24 Cms. 96 pages - in English, with an abstract in Armenian - 35 color plates and full-page illustrations and 82 mostly color illustrations - two experts on ancient manuscripts and Armenia describe the life and art of 16th Century Armenian artist Hakob Jughayets'i (1550-1613) who completed the Pozzi gospels and whose career took him from Armenia to Isfahan in Safavid Persia - the Pozzi Gospels - invention and convention in Hakob's oeuvre - the history of the Pozzi gospels - catalogue of full-page miniatures - description of the Pozzi gospels - catalogue of manuscripts illustrated by Hakob - abstract in Armenian - bibliography. new-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 005496 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAINARD, JACQUES/MATHEZ, PHILIPPE Vodou (Le) - Un Art De vivre Geneva, Swirzerland, Musee d'Ethnographie. 2007. (ISBN: 9782884740746) Wrappers-, 28 x 23 Cms. 176 pages - in French - around 150 color illustrations - photography by Jonathan Watts - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva, Switzerland, of some 300 objects related to Haitian voodoo from the Marianne Lehmann collection - interviews with Lehmann and with voodoo priest Max Beauvoir - various essays. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 007750 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HENNING, CHRISTOPH/OBERLANDER, HANS Vaudou - Les Forces Secretes De l'Afrique Cologne, Germany, Taschen. 1996. (ISBN: 382288748X) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 32 x 25 Cms. 240 pages - in French - around 250 color illustrations - an immersion in the world of voodoo in the African country of Benin, its source - bibliography. new-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 008287 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KIRK, JOHN T. Shaker World (The) New York, Harry Abrams. 1997. (ISBN: 0810944723) Gilt Embossed Red Cloth, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 286 pages - in English - 274 duotone and color illustrations - a survey of the people and the art of the Shakers, an American religious community which has lasted from the 18th Century to the present day and whose colorful furniture and decorative arts are much appreciated by specialists - Anne Lee the charismatic force, ecstastic origins of Shaker belief, Shaker design sources, visual affirmation of order, "classic" objects, color & varnish, angels, purges, gift drawings, the narrow path, sexuality, 20th Century myth makers, revisionists, a comparative awareness of perfection and much more - the Millenial Laws of 1821, notes, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75 US$ 157.12 \| £UK 94.25 \| JP¥ 13973] Book number: 006618 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LE GALL, DOM ROBERT Symbols of Catholicism New York, Assouline. 1997. (ISBN: 2908228947) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - around 80 mostly color full-page illustrations - photography by Laziz Hamani - foreword by Monsignor Di Falco - a book which describes Catholic symbols and the mystic beliefs behind them - conclusion. New-/New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 007856 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LIBERMAN, ALEXANDER ET AL Alexander Liberman - Prayers in Stone New York, Random House. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0375500219) Cloth-, 31 x 24 cms. 196 pages - in English - nearly 150 full-page color illustrations - book design by Croby Coughlin - former Russian-born Vogue director and CondÃ© Nast executive Alexander Liberman (b.1912) photographed 13 great, ancient temples, churches and basilisks and other sites of religious evotion which he calls "testaments to human yearning", including the Parthenon, the Pantheon, Hosios Lukas, Chartres Cathedral and the Medici Chapel - texts by author,historian and expert on the Renaissance, Diane Kelder. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 007296 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MANN, GRIFFITH C. Art of Ethiopia London, England, Sam Fogg. 2005. (ISBN: 0954901460) Softcover, 30 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - 48 color plates and dozen of color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2005 showing at Pace Wildenstein in New York of ancient Ethiopian crosses, icons, manuscripts and other objects which owe much to the influences of Europe, Byzantium and Islam - intro. essay by Griffith C. Mann. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 005494 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	PAL, PRATAPADITYA Himalayas - an Aesthetic Adventure Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2003, First Edition-. (ISBN: 9780520239012) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 25 Cms. 308 pages - in English - 239 illustrations, incl. 236 in color - published to coincide with the 2003 American showings at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. of fine works of art from all major regions of the Himalayas - foreword by James N. Wood and preface - map - intro. - catalogue - the Nepali, Kashmiri and Tibetan inscriptions - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 007519 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	PEREZ, NISSAN N. Corpus Christi - Les ReprÃ©sentations Du Christ En Photographie 1855-2002 Paris, France, Marval. 2002. (ISBN: 2862343528) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 189 pages - text in French - catalog of an exhibition organised by the photography department of the Museum of Israel in Jerusalem and held at the Hotel de Sully in Paris during winter 2002-2003 - foreword by James S. Snyder - this book is about the idea and representations of the Christ in photography since the begining of it around 1855 until today - b/w and color photographs - large text by Nissan N. Perez - index by photographers. New -. CHF 86.00 [Appr.: EURO 57 US$ 84.45 \| £UK 50.75 \| JP¥ 7510] Book number: 001966 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	BERTHOD, BERNARD/HARDOUIN-FUGIER, ELISABETH Dictionnaire Des Objets De Devotion Paris, Editions De L'Amateur. 2006. (ISBN: 2859174354) Wrappers-, 26 x 21 cms. 280 pages - in French - over 500 mostly color illustrations - a dazzling compendium of hundreds of European Catholic religious objects, ancient and more recent, including rosaries, crucifixes and painted images whose function is to connect the material world to the spititual one - intro. essay - dictionary - index. New-. CHF 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 62.75 US$ 93.29 \| £UK 56 \| JP¥ 8296] Book number: 005531 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BERTHOD, BERNARD/HARDOUIN-FUGIER, ELISABETH Dictionnaire Iconographique Des Saints Paris, France, Amateur. 1999. (ISBN: 9782859172787) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 476 pages - in French - a dictionary of 2.500 catholic saints selected according their popularity in the France of XIX and XXth century, with resumÃ© of life and mention of their attributes and characteristics - very rich and various iconography in color or b/w with drawings, reproductions of paintings, statues and engravings - bibliography - departmental index of episcopal towns - index of names - index of the attributes- a reference book essential for every catholic institution. New -/New -. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75 US$ 157.12 \| £UK 94.25 \| JP¥ 13973] Book number: 000551 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRAUEN, MARTIN Dalai-Lamas (les) - Les 14 Reincarnations Du Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Lausanne, Swirzerland, Favre. 2005. (ISBN: 9782828908409) Cloth-, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 304 pages - in French - 364 mostly color illustrations - a meticulously researched history of Tibet's Dalai Lamas, the 14 reincarnations of Bohhisattva Avalokitesvara in 600 years of Tibetan history - also: the 14th Dalai Lama's attitude towards modernity, relationship of teacher to student in danger, the protective deities, Sept Thanga, letter-writing and icocongraphy - biblio. map of Tibet and list of illustrations. New-/New-. CHF 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.47 \| £UK 50.25 \| JP¥ 7423] Book number: 009372 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BRAUEN, MARTIN Mandala - Cercle Sacre Du Bouddhisme tibetain, Lausanne, Switzerland, Favre. 2004. (ISBN: 2828907724) Pictorial Hardcover, 29 x 23.5 Cms. 176 pages - in French - 122 mostly color illustrations - an anthropologist and religious historian, specialized in Buddhism, travelled to Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and elsewhere in pursuit of his research on the Mandala, the holy wheel that is central to Tantrism - approaching the mystery; basic notions about the teaching wheel; the outer Mandala: the Cosmos; the inner Mandala: the human being; and, the other Mandala: the Tantric method - the construction of a 3-dimensional Shi Khro Mandala - notes and index. New-/New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 73.65 \| £UK 44.25 \| JP¥ 6550] Book number: 005398 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BSOD NAMS RGYA MTSHO Tibetan Mandalas - The Ngor Collection Tokyo, Japan, Kodansha International. 1983, Limited to 300. (ISBN: 4069956972) Hardbound in Slipcases, Elephant Folio - Square - 51X51cm. Two volumes in separated deluxe boxes - Plate volume, c.300 pages in 5 colour offset - Text volume, c.340 pages in 2 colour offset, text in English, Japanese, Tibetan and Sanskrit (romanised) - This exceptional corpus is a complete and faithful reproduction of the renowed Ngor monastery collection of 139 mandalas illustrating the rGyud sde kun btus, a treasury of esoteric tantric knowledge - The monumental size of the volumes and the finest art paper capture the real dimensions of the Mandalas, which were produced by Tibetan artists on Indian Canvas at a size of 38.5 x 38.5cm - The accompanying text volume contents comprehensive analysis (the history of the collection, a preface by the head of the Sa skya school, an explanation of the system of the rGyud sde kun btus) and a complete list of the deities identified in each icon together with the relevant Sanskrit root texts and rGyud sde kun btus text for each respective teaching - The Ngor monastery collection is the sole surviving complete set of mandalas in existence today. New -. CHF 9500.00 [Appr.: EURO 6270.25 US$ 9329 \| £UK 5593 \| JP¥ 829646] Book number: 001602 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BURTON, JEAN-DOMINIQUE Voodoo - Vaudou Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2007. (ISBN: 9788874394432) Cloth, 31x 23.5 Cm. hardcover, with a duotone illustration on the front cover and a color illustration on the back cover - 256 pages - in French, English and Italian - over 100 color and duotone full-page illustrations and a map - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Zinsou Foundation in BÃ©nin, Africa, of prints by Belgian photographer Jean-Dominique Burton (b.1952) who photographed the people and ritual objects present at a yearly gathering of Voudounons, followers of voodoo cults - the four great deities: fire/thunder, air, water and earth. New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 98.2 \| £UK 59 \| JP¥ 8733] Book number: 006976 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BUXTORF-HOSCH, EDITH / VON RODA BURKARD ET AL. Der Basler MÃ¼nsterschatz Basel, Switzerland, Christoph Merian. 2001. (ISBN: 3856161422) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 386 pages - in German - catalogue of the exhibition held at the Museum of History at Basel, Switzerland, in 2001 - numerous color illustrations of the major pieces of the treasure of the Cathedral , mostly reliquaries - relics - crosses- liturgy and ceremony objects - 61 original works and 19 copies are illustrated with technical and historical details, origin and a short notice - essay on the Cathedral of Basel and its bishops - glossary - list of authors - bibliography - register of the origins of the works. New -/New -. CHF 76.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 74.63 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6637] Book number: 001788 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CALLEBAUT, PAUL-JACQUES Mysterieux Druzes Du Mont-Liban (les) Tournai, Belgium, Renaissance Du Livre. 2000. (ISBN: 2804603334) Cloth, 26.5 x 27 cms. Oblong. 128 pages - in French - over 120 color illustrations - a noted authority on Near Eastern religious communities descibes the mysterious Druzes and their heartland in Mount Lebanon - the Druze mountain, birth of the Druzes, the Druze secret order, modern-day Druzes and conclusion - chronological table, glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 004940 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHEBEL, MALEK Symboles De l'Islam Paris, France, Assouline. 1997. (ISBN: 2843230055) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in French - around 80 full-page color ilustrations - photography by Laziz Hamani - a visual synthesis of the Islamic world by an expert on Arab culture - the Koran, the Qaba, the Mihrab, the madrassa, beads, dress and much more - conclusion - For version in English of this book, see ISBN 1873938020. New-/New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 007874 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CHEBEL, MALEK Symbols of Islam Paris, France, Assouline. 1997. (ISBN: 2843230071) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - around 80 full-page color illustrations - photography by Laziz Hamani - a visual synthesis of the Islamic world by an expert on Arab culture - Allah, prophets, The Koran, prayer, fast, pilgrimage, the Kaaba, the Qibla, the mosque, the Mihrab, the madrassa, gestures, behavior, prayer beads, clothing, water, colors and more - conclusion. For version in French of this book, see ISBN 2843230055. New-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 007865 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CLIFTON, JAMES Body of Christ in the Art of Europe and New Spain 1150-1800 The Munich, Prestel. 1997. (ISBN: 3791318659) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall Oblong. 176 pages - 51 full-color and 47 b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 1997 showing at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts of works depicting Christ in Europe and New Spain between 1150 and 1800 by artists such as Rubens, Botticelli, DÃ¼rer, Tintoretto and others - essays by David Nirenberg and Linda Elaine Neagley on the historical body of Christ and its architecture - catalogue - glossary - index of artists - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 80.52 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 7161] Book number: 002690 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DUPEUX, CÃ‰CILE Figures Du MusÃ©e De l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame Strasbourg, France, MusÃ©es De Strasbourg. 2005. (ISBN: 2901833799) Wrappers, 26 x 22 Cm. 158 p - in French - 120 illustrations - A journey in the exceptional buildings of the Museum de L'oeuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg, showing treasures of the collection of religious Strasbourg and upper Rhine artworks between the 11th and 17th Century: focalising on the statuary portraits, namely the wallnut wood virgins of the main entrance of the cathedral shot by the photographer Florian Kleinefenn, which reveal the essence of these works and that of the Museum - Notes. New -. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 004262 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	ERACLE, JEAN ET AL Thangka De l'Himalaya - Images De La Sagesse Turin, Italy, Priuli & Verlucca/MusÃ©e Ethno Geneva. 2003. (ISBN: 8880682156) Soft Bound, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 170 pages - in French - 80 color plates, many figures - revised and updated edition of the 1993 original - published in conjunction with Geneva's Museum of Ethnography - essays on the link between the evolution of Buddhism and the marvelous intricacy of thangkas - photos by Jonathan Watts - 3 appendices and bibliography. New -. CHF 53.00 [Appr.: EURO 35 US$ 52.05 \| £UK 31.25 \| JP¥ 4629] Book number: 002353 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FRISHMAN, MARTIN/KHAN, HASAN-UDIN Mosque (The) - History, Architectural Development and Regional Development London, England, Thames & Hudson. 1994. (ISBN: 0500283451) softcover-, 30 x 22 vms. 288 pages - in English - 378 illustrations, incl. 170 in color - a region-by-region history of the development and architecture of the mosque and of its role as a religious and social institution - essays by Mohammed Al-Asad, Oleg Grabar and 14 other specialists on the mosque as an expression of Islam, its architecture, the role of calligraphy, the applications of geometry, regions, styles, the mosque in present-day society, contemporary mosques and more - biblio. glossary, chronology and index. New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 007858 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GEORGE, PHILIPPE Tresors Des Cathedrales d'Europe Paris, France, Somogy. 2005. (ISBN: 2850569224) Cloth, 29 x 26 cms. 208 pages - in French - over 200 mostly color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2005-2006 showings at the Museum of Fine Arts and two historical sites in Beaune, France, of ancient, often rare, ecclesiastical paintings, jewellery, carvings, chalices, bibles, tapestries, crucifixes and other precious objects from European cathedrals which, since the Renaissance, were collected by rulers and other important people. New -/New -. CHF 72.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 70.7 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6288] Book number: 004079 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GHAFFARI, SALMAN Shia'ism or Islam-original Teheran, Iran, Haidari Press. gilt-embossed cloth-, 22 x 15 cms. undated - title page features signature by author and date 27/4/68 - 232 pages - in Farsi and English - 30 b/w illustrations - a learned description of the Shia branch of Islam and of its tenets. fine-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 147.3 \| £UK 88.5 \| JP¥ 13100] Book number: 009482 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GREENWOOD, TIM/VARDANYAN, EDDA Hakob's Gospels - the Life and Work of an Armenian Artist in the 16th Century London, England, Sam Fogg. 2006. (ISBN: 0954901479) Wrappers-, 30 x 24 Cms. 96 pages - in English, with an abstract in Armenian - 35 color plates and full-page illustrations and 82 mostly color illustrations - two experts on ancient manuscripts and Armenia describe the life and art of 16th Century Armenian artist Hakob Jughayets'i (1550-1613) who completed the Pozzi gospels and whose career took him from Armenia to Isfahan in Safavid Persia - the Pozzi Gospels - invention and convention in Hakob's oeuvre - the history of the Pozzi gospels - catalogue of full-page miniatures - description of the Pozzi gospels - catalogue of manuscripts illustrated by Hakob - abstract in Armenian - bibliography. new-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 58.92 \| £UK 35.5 \| JP¥ 5240] Book number: 005496 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HAINARD, JACQUES/MATHEZ, PHILIPPE Vodou (Le) - Un Art De vivre Geneva, Swirzerland, Musee d'Ethnographie. 2007. (ISBN: 9782884740746) Wrappers-, 28 x 23 Cms. 176 pages - in French - around 150 color illustrations - photography by Jonathan Watts - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva, Switzerland, of some 300 objects related to Haitian voodoo from the Marianne Lehmann collection - interviews with Lehmann and with voodoo priest Max Beauvoir - various essays. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 007750 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HENNING, CHRISTOPH/OBERLANDER, HANS Vaudou - Les Forces Secretes De l'Afrique Cologne, Germany, Taschen. 1996. (ISBN: 382288748X) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 32 x 25 Cms. 240 pages - in French - around 250 color illustrations - an immersion in the world of voodoo in the African country of Benin, its source - bibliography. new-/New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.1 \| £UK 29.5 \| JP¥ 4367] Book number: 008287 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	KIRK, JOHN T. Shaker World (The) New York, Harry Abrams. 1997. (ISBN: 0810944723) Gilt Embossed Red Cloth, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 286 pages - in English - 274 duotone and color illustrations - a survey of the people and the art of the Shakers, an American religious community which has lasted from the 18th Century to the present day and whose colorful furniture and decorative arts are much appreciated by specialists - Anne Lee the charismatic force, ecstastic origins of Shaker belief, Shaker design sources, visual affirmation of order, "classic" objects, color & varnish, angels, purges, gift drawings, the narrow path, sexuality, 20th Century myth makers, revisionists, a comparative awareness of perfection and much more - the Millenial Laws of 1821, notes, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75 US$ 157.12 \| £UK 94.25 \| JP¥ 13973] Book number: 006618 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LE GALL, DOM ROBERT Symbols of Catholicism New York, Assouline. 1997. (ISBN: 2908228947) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - around 80 mostly color full-page illustrations - photography by Laziz Hamani - foreword by Monsignor Di Falco - a book which describes Catholic symbols and the mystic beliefs behind them - conclusion. New-/New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.28 \| £UK 23.75 \| JP¥ 3493] Book number: 007856 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	LIBERMAN, ALEXANDER ET AL Alexander Liberman - Prayers in Stone New York, Random House. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0375500219) Cloth-, 31 x 24 cms. 196 pages - in English - nearly 150 full-page color illustrations - book design by Croby Coughlin - former Russian-born Vogue director and CondÃ© Nast executive Alexander Liberman (b.1912) photographed 13 great, ancient temples, churches and basilisks and other sites of religious evotion which he calls "testaments to human yearning", including the Parthenon, the Pantheon, Hosios Lukas, Chartres Cathedral and the Medici Chapel - texts by author,historian and expert on the Renaissance, Diane Kelder. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 US$ 68.74 \| £UK 41.25 \| JP¥ 6113] Book number: 007296 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	MANN, GRIFFITH C. Art of Ethiopia London, England, Sam Fogg. 2005. (ISBN: 0954901460) Softcover, 30 x 24 Cms. 128 pages - in English - 48 color plates and dozen of color illustrations - published to coincide with the 2005 showing at Pace Wildenstein in New York of ancient Ethiopian crosses, icons, manuscripts and other objects which owe much to the influences of Europe, Byzantium and Islam - intro. essay by Griffith C. Mann. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 88.38 \| £UK 53 \| JP¥ 7860] Book number: 005494 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	PAL, PRATAPADITYA Himalayas - an Aesthetic Adventure Ahmedabad, India, Mapin Publishing. 2003, First Edition-. (ISBN: 9780520239012) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31 x 25 Cms. 308 pages - in English - 239 illustrations, incl. 236 in color - published to coincide with the 2003 American showings at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. of fine works of art from all major regions of the Himalayas - foreword by James N. Wood and preface - map - intro. - catalogue - the Nepali, Kashmiri and Tibetan inscriptions - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.25 US$ 117.84 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10480] Book number: 007519 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	PEREZ, NISSAN N. Corpus Christi - Les ReprÃ©sentations Du Christ En Photographie 1855-2002 Paris, France, Marval. 2002. (ISBN: 2862343528) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 189 pages - text in French - catalog of an exhibition organised by the photography department of the Museum of Israel in Jerusalem and held at the Hotel de Sully in Paris during winter 2002-2003 - foreword by James S. Snyder - this book is about the idea and representations of the Christ in photography since the begining of it around 1855 until today - b/w and color photographs - large text by Nissan N. Perez - index by photographers. New -. CHF 86.00 [Appr.: EURO 57 US$ 84.45 \| £UK 50.75 \| JP¥ 7510] Book number: 001966 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.