(Calligraphy) SOME FACSIMILES WRITTEN BY FAMOUS CALLIGRAPHERS
Tehran Book Friends Society (1964) 4to. stiff paper folded envelope with sheets loosely inserted. unpaginated Second edition. Text in English and Arabic. Ten examples of calligraphy in Arabic on loose fold out sheets. Envelope rubbed. Price: $ 25.00
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Order nr. 105289
(Illuminated Manuscripts) DISPOSITIVES D'OEUVRES D'ART
Five boxed sets Paris Unesco 1963 8vo. plastic boxes Five plastic boxes containing 150 color slides from the former collection of H.P. Kraus. Each box with 30 color slides and a descriptive pamphlet in French, English, and Spanish with historical background and description of each slide in each series. With Unesco, Series 4, which contains Iranian illuminated manuscripts from c. 1410-1596; Series 14, which contains slides of 12 Czech illuminated manuscripts from c. 1085-1364; Series 17, which contains slides of 6 Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts c. 1350-1450; Series 18, which contains slides of 11 Turkish illuminated manuscripts from c.1200-1730; Series 24, which contains slides of Austrian Medieval wall paintings from c. 1089-1280. All of the slides have faded and turned pink. Price: $ 250.00
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Order nr. 76027
KORAN
1966 folio decorated paper-covered boards 788 pages In Farsi. Dedicated to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in the year 1344, by the Jalali calendar, 1966 by the Gregorian calendar. Beautifully decorated covers with vivid colors, each of the calligraphic passes are quite lovely with ornate borders around the text. Reads right to left. Front hinge is cracked from the middle to the foot (rear hinge in a standard left to right read book). Price: $ 175.00
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Order nr. 93411
(Persia) Schwab, Moise BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA PERSE.
(Mansfield Centre Martino Publishing Co. 2001) 8vo. cloth. 152 pages. Reprint of the first edition published by Ernest Leroux in Paris in 1875 (Besterman 3170). 1,332 printed books described in detail concerning the establishment of Persia (now Iran). Price: $ 50.00
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Order nr. 70888
(Private Press of the Indiana Kid) Weygand, James Lamar THE DEVOUT TIGHTWAD AND THE ISFAHAN COLUMBIAN.
N.P. Private Press of the Indiana Kid 1975 4to paper-covered boards, paper spine label, illustration on top board not paginated Limited to an edition of about 30 copies. Illustrated with two drawings and a linocut. ( Bibliography, The Private Press of the Indiana Kid, #38 , variant A1) The colophon states about 30 copies, but the bibliography calls for about 38 in several variants. This is an account of the printer's three-week journey through Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon. It includes an encounter with a previously-unrecorded Columbia handpress. Price: $ 160.00
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Order nr. 93953
(Tanavoli, Parviz) PARVIS TANAVOLI: FIFTEEN YEARS OF BRONZE SCULPTURE
New York Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University 1976 4to stiff paper wrappers 95 pages Catalogue of exhibition of works of Iranian bronze sculptor Parviz Tanavoli, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, 1976-7. Two essays and transcript of conversation with the sculptor. 103 black and white illustrations. Front wrappers bent at top corner. Price: $ 30.00
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Order nr. 107200
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