Arabic Lithographed Books
In the Islamic Studies Library, McGill University
Will be published approx. on 8. June 1996
Book
Hardback
277 pages
978-0-7735-1451-5 (ISBN)
Description
Adam Gacek describes the collection of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Arabic lithographed books preserved in the Islamic Studies Library at McGill University, which consists of 264 volumes (410 individual works) printed in North Africa, the Middle East, and India and spans the traditional Islamic disciplines. Many of the books in this collection are beautiful examples of calligraphy and decoration, with exquisite title pages, elegant headpieces of floral and vegetal design, decorative medallions, and notes and glosses arranged in various shapes and forms. Arabic Lithographed Books includes ninety illustrations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-1451-5 (9780773514515)
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Adam Gacek is head librarian of the Islamic Studies Library, McGill University. He has lectured on Arabic manuscripts at Columbia, Yale, Brown, and Pennsylvania University.