Seminal work on Islamic architecture in Egypt

Creswell, Sir Keppel Archibald Cameron. The Muslim Architecture of Egypt.

€ 18.000,00

First edition, printed in 550 copies only. Principal work of the great architectural historian of Muslim Egypt. Beginning where his "Early Muslim Architecture" left off, this monumental two-volume set traces the history of Egyptian Islamic architecture from the dynasty of the Ikhshids and Fatimids (939-1171 CE) to that of the Ayyubids and early Bahrite Mamluks (1171-1326 CE). Creswell had begun his work in 1920 with a generous grant of King Fuad I; the present publication is dedicated to Fuad's son, Farouk I.

The publisher's voucher copies: numbers 4 and 2 of 550 copies printed, removed from Printer's Library of Oxford's famous Clarendon Press. In perfect condition.

Rare, the last complete copy sold in 1999 (Sotheby's, Oct 14, lot 185).