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WIZÂRAT AL-AWQÂF [The Ministry of WAQFS] Masajîd Misr min sana 21 ilâ sana 1365H [THE MOSQUES OF EGYPT, FROM THE YEAR 641 TO 1937] Guise - Maslahat al-Misbaha al-Misriya, 1948

Lotto 622
300500
2 folio volumes, bound in full green chagrin, boards decorated with Arabic calligraphy. Two beautiful frontispieces, ornate titles. Complete with the two broadsides and numerous photographic plates. Exceptional work with a preface by K.A.C. Creswell. Photographs taken by the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe. Covers, corners and spines worn in the first volume, small stains on a few pages of volume 1. A good copy. Work in Arabic.


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