The poems of Nizami / described by Laurence Binyon
1928, First Edition. London : The Studio Limited. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Some wear and fraying around the spine edges. Slight staining to cloth. Panel edges slighted dulled and nicked. Rear hinge starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages; Physical description: 30 p., xvi leaves of plates : ill ; 39 cm. Subjects: Nizami Ganjavi, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. -- Khamsah -- Illustrations. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Islamic art -- Iran. 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 ms. (Brit. Mus. Or. 2265); on plates I-II two pages of text and decoration are reproduced. Item #220561
Price: €65.00