Title: >TRADITIONAL OTTOMAN BINDING<ISLAMIC ART
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 2nd
288 printed pages. 2 maps 249 text illustrations, many in colour & some full-page. Marbled endpapers. 16 x 21 cm. Re-bound in traditional Islamic wallet design. Full black Niger morocco. Spine undecorated. Upper cover with blind stamped abstract design with central Byzantine inspired motif in gilt. Red and yellow sewed silk headbands. Hand-bound in 1989 by female bookbinder (first name only known as Maggie) for Bookbinding Diploma in the UK. This rich and subtly textured black Ottoman binding with its neat wallet style flap gives it a serious and weighty feel in the hand, commensurate with the Islamic content. Bookseller Inventory # 4287