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Lot 154
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[MIDDLE EASTERN ART]. SARRE, Friedreich (1865-1945). Islamische Bucheinbande. Berlin: Scarabaeus Verlag, preface dated 1923.
4to. 36 full-color mounted reproductions of Islamic book bindings, title in black with multi-colored border, text printed with gilt borders. Later green cloth, green morocco gilt spine label. Provenance: C. T. Loo & Co. (bookseller’s stamp).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 110 copies, including examples of Egyptian, Persian, and Turkish Islamic book bindings from the 14th-19th centuries.
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection