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Selected Arabic Papyri
by Geoffrey Khan
Thirty-six papyri in the Khalili collection, all dating before the Fatimid conquest of Egypt in AD 968. 264p (Khalili Collections 1992)
Hardback. Price US$46.00
Splendors of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection
by Joe Earle
An exhibition catalogue in full colour of some 350 masterpieces from the Meiji Period. Exhibited at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon in 2002. 468p, colour illus. (Khalili Collections 2002)
Paperback. Price US$100.00
The Art and Tradition of Zuloagas: Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection
by James D Lavin with a contribution by Ramiro Larranaga
The Zuloagas were the foremost craftsmen at damascening in their day. This volume contains an original history of Spanish damascening, and a complete catalogue of the collection together with an in-depth essay on the techniques of damascening by a local Basque artisan and historian, and an introduction by a memner of the Zuloaga family. 216p, colour illus. (Khalili Collections 1997)
Paperback. Price US$45.00
Hardback. Price US$90.00
Science, Tools and Magic (Nasser D. Khalili Collection)
by Francis Maddison et al
Fully illustrated in colour, this fascinating catalogue of the Nasser D. Khalili collection's scientific apparatus offers a wonderful insight into the astronomical, medical and domestic wisdom of Islamic civilisations. Objects from the seventh to the nineteenth centuries are illustrated, drawn mainly from Iranian, Ottoman Turkish and Mughal Indian contexts. Globes and astrolabes jostle with 14th century treatises on human anatomy and magic ...
Hardback. Price US$250.00
Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking after Columbus: The Khalili Portolan Atlas
by Svat Soucek
A detailed analysis of the Khalili Portolan Atlas. 194p. (Studies in the Khalili Collections 2, 1996)
Hardback. Price US$46.00
Treasures of Imperial Japan: Ceramics from the Khalili Collection
by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley
Catalogue of an exhibition of 98 items of japanese pottery by Meiji artists such as Makuzu Kozan and Yabu Meizan.
80pages, colour illus. (The Kibo Foundation, Khalili Collections 1994)
Paperback. Price US$20.00
The Khalili Portolan Atlas: A Facsimile Edition
by Svat Soucek
... commander and cartographer who played a leading role in transmitting Columbus's discoveries. The charts are largely based on his Kitab-i-Bahriye (Book of Seamanship) whilst also including a number of important additions such as the views of Istanbul, Cairo and Venice. The accompanying study outlines Piri Reis's career and his contribution to the history of mapmaking.
Facsimile map, 62 sheets; text of 180p. (Khalili Collections 1992)
Hardback. Price US$700.00
Seals and Talismans (Khalili Islamic Collections, Vol. 13)
by Ludvik Kalus, J M Rogers, Manijeh Bayani and Chris Cavey
In preparation, no date. (Khalili Islamic Collections, Vol 13, forthcoming)
Hardback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price US$180.00
Empire of the Sultans Ottoman Art From the Khalili COllection
Rogers, J.M.
Paperback. Price US$39.95
Glass: From Sasanian Antecedents to European Imitations
by Sidney M. Goldstein, with contributions by Melanie Gibson, Jens Kroeger, and J.M. Rogers
Catalogue of more than 300 examples of pre-Islamic and Islamic glass objects that are held in the Khalili Collection. The objects are grouped according to techniques of manufacture and decoration, and chronologically; the catalogue illustrating the development of glass making technology from its Byzantine and Sasanian beginnings into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when European makers found new inspiration in Islamic forms. Mould formed ...
Hardback. Price US$180.00
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