BOOK ARTS OF ISFAHAN: DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PERSIA
Malibu, California: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Quarto. (10 1/4 in. x 7 1/4 in.) Green cloth over boards, with gilt lettering to top board and spine. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum October 24th, 1995 - January 14, 1996. 24 Color and 27 Black and White Illustrations, and a map. Very small dark stain (3/8 in. x 1/4 in.) to bottom corner of top board and a fainter also small one below gilt title. Barely noticeable. Minor shelfwear to jacket, now protected in mylar. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item #100041
Author "focuses on the ways in which the religious, ethnic, and linguistic groups living side by side in Isfahan used images in their books to articulate their differences and in the process forge a stronger sense of their own identities." (front lap).
Price: $75.00