Elements of Arabic art: The line of interlacing.
Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1879. In-4 printed boards of the edition.
Rare first edition. 47 pp. 190 line plates (interlacing) and 10 colour plates (chromolithographs).
The three general elements of Arab art are stalactites, shaped ornaments carved in stone or wood and superimposed, interlacing, carved and assembled in flat and ornaments, all in involutions of lines.
Corners worn, a few lightly rubbed. A good copy of this excellent and richly illustrated document.
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