Arseven, Celal Esad. L'art turc depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours.

Istanbul, Devlet Basimevi & Hachette, 1939.

Folio (252 x 339 mm). 305, (1) pp. With 18 colour plates and 503 text illustrations. Publisher's cloth with title to upper cover.

$489.00

Only edition of this lavishly illustrated history of Ottoman Turkish and Islamic art. The Turkish painter, writer and politician Celal Esat Arseven (1876-1971) made contributions to various fields, including photography, art history, theatre, cinema, architecture and urbanism, pioneering the acceptance of the concept of a unique "Turkish art".

Well preserved. From the collection of Jean-Charles Tauzin (1889-1957).

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OCLC 1356807.