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Türk Kumas ve Kadifeleri. Fasikul: I: XIV-XVI Yuzvil

Oz, Tahsin

Istanbul: Milli Egitim Basimevi, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. VI, 125, [1]pp. Original decorative cloth, with black lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers, head-, and tailpieces.

Illustrated with 36 b/w and chromolithographic plates, this is the first volume of a striking pictorial survey of Turkish fabrics and velvets from the 14th to the 16th century. A second volume was published five years later, in 1951.

Minor shelf wear. Corners slightly rubbed. Text in Turkish, with the list of contents and the captions of the plates in Turkish, English, French and German. g to vg. Item #40230

Price: $65.00