Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt
by Bloom, Jonathan M
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- ISBN 10
- 9789774168
- ISBN 13
- 9789789774166
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About This Item
Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2008. 1st edition. Hardback. Original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Quarto. [xv prelims] 236 pages. Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs throughout. Foreword by Robert Hillebrand of the University of Edinburgh. Fine in Very Good jacket which has a little rubbing and a few faint marks to its faces.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-229) and index.
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- Alex Richardson
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1741
- Title
- Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt
- Author
- Bloom, Jonathan M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9789774168
- ISBN 13
- 9789789774166
- Publisher
- American University in Cairo Press
- Place of Publication
- Cairo
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- History, Art, Architecture, Architectural, Islamic, Muslim, Fatimid, Fatimids, Egypt, Egyptian, North, Africa, African, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Century, Centuries, 10th, 11th, 12th
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Art;
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Alex Richardson
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