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- Title Florence & Baghdad: Renaissance Art and Arab Science
- Author Belting, Hans
- Binding Hardcover
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- Pages 312
- Volumes 1
- Language GER
- Publisher Cambridge: The Belknap Press, 2011., Cambridge, MA
- Date 2011
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2935
- ISBN 9780674050044 / 0674050045
- Weight 2.06 lbs (0.93 kg)
- Dimensions 9.65 x 7.13 x 0.95 in (24.51 x 18.11 x 2.41 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Islamic Studies
- Library of Congress subjects Aesthetics, Comparative, Perspective - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011003896
- Dewey Decimal Code 701.820
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- Choice, 12/01/2011, Page 0
- Library Journal, 10/01/2011, Page 77
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