Grohmann adolf thomas arnold (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4. 142pp - 104 Plates (11 tipped-in) and in-text (3 tipped-in) illustrations. Monuments of Islamic Book Art by Dr.Adolf Grohmann (1887-1977) Austrian historian (Arabist and Semitist) professor at the Prague University and Thomas W. Arnold (1864-1930) British orientalist and historian of Islamic art. First edition, published in 375 copies (German edition), text in German language. Original Binding (black). Previous owner signature, in very good condition. …

Folio (240:320 mm). XII, (4), 142, (4) pp., 104 plates. With numerous printed and photographic illustrations in the text. Contemp. green marbled half leather with giltstamped title to spine. Upper edge gilt. First edition; unnumbered copy. Meticulously produced standard work on Islamic book art, of which 375 numbered copies were issued. Part one by Adolf Grohmann, based on the famous collection of Archeduke Rainer (today in the Austrian National Library), covers the early Islamic period from the 7th to the 12th century. Part two by Thomas W. Arnold covers the 13th to the 18th century, arranged by regions. - Occasional slight brownstaining and foxing to lower edge; spine insignificantly scuffed. Altogether a fine copy. The English edition, published simultaneously with the German, sold for £2,600 at Sotheby's (Oct 14, 1999, lot 53: Burrell copy). - OCLC 13055751.…

With 104 plates, 10 in color, each accompanied by a short description on a separate leaf, and 19 text-illus. XII pp., 2 leaves, 142 , (1) pp. Large 4to. Orig. half leather with spine label (corners somewhat scuffed). From the library of the Swiss orientalist Rudolf Tschudi. Florence, Pantheon, and Munich, Kurt Wolff, (1929). First edition. One of 375 numbered copies of the German edition of this well-produced standard work on Islamic book art. Part one by Adolf Grohmann covers the early Islamic period from the 7th to the 12th century; it is based on the famous collection of Archduke Rainer in the Austrian National Library Vienna; part two by Thomas W. Arnold covers the 13th to the 18th century, arranged by regions. ORIENT .…

Firenze, Pantheon, 1929. (XIV) 143 pp. + 104 plates. Cloth. Illustrations. *written text inside front cover, top spine and corners slightly damaged, otherwise in good condition* Die deutsche Ausgabe dieses Buches wurde in 375 Exemplaren gedruckt. Der Textdruck erfolgte im Jahre 1929 in der Buchdruckerei August Pries in Leipzig. Die einfarbigen Lichtdrucktafeln wurden von der graphischen Kunstanstalt F. Bruckmann A.G. München, die Tafeln in mehrfarbigem Lichtdruck von der Kunstanstalt Max Jaffé, Wien, hergestellt. Die Bindearbeiten besorgten die Buchbindewerkstätten Hübel & Denck in Leizig. Dieses Exemplar ist Nummer 267.…