Damascus / Gérard Degeorge ; [translated from the French by David Radzinowicz]
2004, English-language ed. Paris : Flammarion. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #306607
ISBN: 2080304569
Physical description; 320 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, plans (some col.) ; 32 cm. Notes; Simultaneously published in French as Damas. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314) and indexes. Translated from the French. Contents; From Neolithic village to imperial capital -- The centuries of darkness. Fatimids, Crusaders, Mongols -- Government by the Turks -- Damascus, provincial capital of the Ottoman empire -- The end of the Ottoman empire and the pangs of "westernization". Subjects; Damascus (Syria) History. Damascus (Syria) Buildings, structures, etc. Damascus (Syria) Civilization. Damascus (Syria) Antiquities. Damascus (Syria) History. Damascus (Syria) Buildings, structures, etc. Damascus (Syria) Civilization. Damascus (Syria) Antiquities. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €195.00