Masagid Misr (The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. [A.D. 641] to 1365 H. [A.D. 1946]).

Giza, Ordnance Survey, 1948.,

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Author

Creswell, Sir Keppel Archibald Cameron.

Publishers

Giza, Ordnance Survey, 1948.

Keyword

Middle East, incl. Arabian Gulf: History, Travels, Falconry and Horses

Languages

English

Description

Royal folio. 2 vols. V, 76 pp. III, 148 pp. Arabic text printed in red and black. With 2 chromolithographed frontispieces, 2 chromolithographedf title-pages, 243 phototype plates (27 in colour), 2 folding maps, folding table, and numerous text illustrations. Original blind- and giltstamped green cloth. First, original Arabic edition; much rarer than the English edition, which appeared a year later. "The finest piece of book production achieved in Egypt" (Creswell). A history of Islamic architecture in Egypt, containing several beautiful views of the principal mosques, with plans and notes. Both volumes include the double page with the preface by the Minister for Religious Foundations as well as Creswell's introduction (dated 1954), which supplanted the original pages 1-2 (probably a dedication to King Farouk). An unusually good, clean copy from the library of Tarek Wahby (his bookplate on the flyleaf).