Topkapi = Muthaf QasrTubkabi [Topkapi Palace Museum]
by Yapi-Kredi Bank
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Istanbul: Yapi-Kredi Bank, 1982 Book. Illus. by Photographs by Sami Guner . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. "This book has been prepared in the context of cultural activity of the Yapi-Kredi Bank for the occasion of the sixth annual meeting of the Devlopment Bank of Islam to be held in Istanbul." It begins with essays in English by various authors : The Harem by Cengiz Koseoglu /The Tiled Kiosk by Hulya Tuncay / The pavilions by Hulya Tezcan/ The Caftans by Fikret Altay /Turkish Embroidery by Nurhayat Berker / The Treasury by Cengiz Koseoglu [pages 1-90] followed by the Arabic text [pages 91-220] The captions to the photographs are in both languages. English translation by Adair Mill Arabic by Mehmet Temimi. The textile sections are particularly interesting .220p. Col.plates Date stamp on ffep, else a fine, tight copy. [6 copies found in WorldCat].
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042149
- Title
- Topkapi = Muthaf QasrTubkabi [Topkapi Palace Museum]
- Author
- Yapi-Kredi Bank
- Illustrator
- Photographs by Sami Guner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Yapi-Kredi Bank
- Place of Publication
- Istanbul
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- TURKEY ISTANBUL OTTOMAN TOPKAPI SARAYI MUZESI TEXTILES XTR 002 BOOKS IN ARABIC XTU 006
- Bookseller catalogs
- Constantinople / Istanbul; Turkey; Ottoman Empire;
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- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...