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The Art of the Islamic Tile [Buy it!] | Degeorge, Gerard And Yves Porter | USD 136.50 (Fri May 31 16:45:27 2024) | Alibris | Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB via Alibris | Paris, France Flammarion 2002 Hardcover VG/VG (wear to boards, edges & corners. dustjacket scuffed & scratched. ) Blue cloth boards w/ white stamped printing. decorative pastedowns & endpapers. 288 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy blue pictorial & black dustjacket. A nice, bright copy. 'This volume presents a broad panorama of Islamic architectural decoration in all its diversity, drawn from a vast area including Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent. Sumptuous illustrations-accompanied by a text that places each monument in its historical, architectural, and technological context-conjure up a dazzling, magical world of fabulously decorated buildings, revealing the secrets of the techniques that made them possible.'--Publisher. |