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The Abbasid palace of Al-Ukhaidir

Bell, Gertrude Lowthian. Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir. A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1914.

Folio (265 x 342 mm). XIX, (1), 180 pp. With 2 maps, 93 plates and plans (a few folding) as well as illustrations in the text. Original beige cloth titled in gilt, top edge gilt.

€ 19.500,00

Rarely seen on the market: the first edition of this scarce study of the Abbasid palace of Al-Ukhaidir, roughly 50 km south of Karbala, Iraq, erected in 775 CE in a unique defensive style. The archaeologist, political officer and administrator Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and contacts, built up through extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Along with T. E. Lawrence, Bell helped support the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq.

Only two further copies traced in auction records in the last 50 years. A copy in soiled original cloth commanded £11,250 at Sotheby's in 2016.

Provenienz

With the bookplate and blindstamps of Manchester Public Free Libraries.

Zustand

Cloth gently discoloured; one chipped plate (no loss to image), library blindstamps on many plates; well-preserved.

Art.-Nr.: BN#64355 Schlagwörter: , , ,

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