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LOT 1151
The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art - 9 Volumes
20TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (29 kg total, 37 x 27 cm each).
I The Abbasid Tradition-Qu'rans of the 8th to 10th Centuries; II The Master Scribes-Qu'rans of the 11th to 14th Centuries; II After Timuks-Qu'rans of the 15th and 16th Centuries; VI Bills, Letters and Deeds-Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th Centuries; VIII Paintings From India;
IX Cobalt and Lustre-The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery; XV Glass-From Sasanian Antecedents to European Imitations; XXI The Arts of War-Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th Centuries; XXII Lacquer of the Islamic Lands Part One; Oxford, 1992-8, hardback in dustwrapper and slipcase, mostly 260-292 pp, colour images; as new condition. [9, No Reserve]
Property of a North West London gentleman.
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LOT 1151
The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art - 9 Volumes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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A Collection of Books on Ancient Egyptian Art - 6 Titles
1949-1999 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Ian Shaw and Paul NIcholson - British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt - London, 1995, card covers, 328 pp, colour; Gay Robins - The Art of Ancient Egypt - Cambridge, 1997, hardback with dustwrapper, 270 pp, colour; Official Catalogue of the Egyptian Museum Cairo - Mainz, 1987, hardback with dustwrapper, 268 pp, colour; Mark Collier & Bill Manley - How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs - London, 1999, hardback, 179 pp, text figures; Egyptian Sculpture from the Gulbenkian Collection - Washington, 1949, card covers, 33 pp, 28 monochrome plates; Geraldine Pinch - Magic in Ancient Egypt - London, 1994, card covers, 191 pp, monochrome. 5.37 kg total, 15.5 x 23 - 26.5 x 26 cm
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A Collection of Books on Art of Persia and the Near East - 5 Titles
1961-2005 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Acta Iranica Volume II - supplément: A Word-List of Manichaean, Middle P- London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 214 pp, monochrome; Curtiss, J. & Tallis, N. - Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia, - London, 2005, card covers, 272 pp, colour and monochrome; Seton LLoyd - The Art of the Ancient Near East - London, 1961, hardback with dustwrapper, 302 pp, colour, monochrome, line drawings; Michael Roaf - Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near east - Oxford. 1990, hardback with dustwrapper, 238 pp, colour. 3.9 kg total, 21.5 x 15.5 - 31 x 24.5 cm
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Dix ans D'Activité du Musée Barbier-Mueller 1977-1987
1987 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Geneva, 1987, hardback in dustwrapper with slipcase, 162 pp, colour, signed by the author. 1.9 kg, 26.2 x 32.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman.
