Description

This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Just a couple of scuffs to the covers. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on April 9, 2008. Sale code: L08220 "MEDINA". The sale consisted of a broad range of Islamic arts including masterpieces of calligraphy from a private European collection, an album of calligraphy annotated by Emperor Shah Jahan, an important group of sacred curtains from Mecca and Medina, a rare and important Abbasid Ka'ba key, an important Siculo-Arabic marble panel from Southern Italy, and an exceptionally rare Royal belt buckle from Al-Andalus, among many other things. 405 lots in the sale. Almost all illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 468 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.