[PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING] – SCHULZ, P.W. Die persisch-islamische Miniaturmalerei. Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte Irans [..]. Erster Band: Text. [Preface by R. Graul]. [&] Zweiter Band: Tafeln.
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Leipzig, Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann, 1914. 1 Text- & 1 plate-vol.: XV,[1],246,[2 advert.] and XV,[1 blank],[2] pp. Text-vol. with 17 plates & several text-ills. (incl. 1 tipped-in plate) & plate-vol. with 200 plates (of which 5 col.). Large 4to (ca. 33 x 25 cm.), orig. unif. dec. cloth.
Footnote
¶ Complete set of the very rare first edition of a groundbreaking work on the history of Persian miniature painting by the German orientalist Philipp Walter Schulz (1864-1920). “Schulz attempts not only to highlight the chronological development of Persian painting style, but also to provide very helpful, even by the contemporary standard, lists of artist names and signatures” (cited from Joachim Gierlichs, “Philipp Walter Schulz and Friedrich Sarre: Two German Pioneers in the Development of Persian Art Studies”, 2013). – Occ. sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless a well-preserved set in good condition.
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Description
Leipzig, Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann, 1914. 1 Text- & 1 plate-vol.: XV,[1],246,[2 advert.] and XV,[1 blank],[2] pp. Text-vol. with 17 plates & several text-ills. (incl. 1 tipped-in plate) & plate-vol. with 200 plates (of which 5 col.). Large 4to (ca. 33 x 25 cm.), orig. unif. dec. cloth.
Footnote
¶ Complete set of the very rare first edition of a groundbreaking work on the history of Persian miniature painting by the German orientalist Philipp Walter Schulz (1864-1920). “Schulz attempts not only to highlight the chronological development of Persian painting style, but also to provide very helpful, even by the contemporary standard, lists of artist names and signatures” (cited from Joachim Gierlichs, “Philipp Walter Schulz and Friedrich Sarre: Two German Pioneers in the Development of Persian Art Studies”, 2013). – Occ. sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless a well-preserved set in good condition.