Safadi, Yasin Hamid

Islamic Calligraphy

London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. Paperback. 144 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "This superbly illustrated book,which includes examples of the work of many of the most famous calligraphers of all time, is the first to allow the reader to follow calligraphy from its origins in pre-Islamic times, through its reform with the invention of the strict rules which make it so disciplined an art and which led to its periods of greatest flowering, right up to the innovations of the" 20th century. -- back cover. In Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and tight. Near Fine. Item #010667

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