Narrative Illustration in Persian Lithographed Books

by Ulrich Marzolph

This study surveys a distinctive type of the "Islamic" book which has been largely neglected in previous scholarship: the genre of illustrated lithographed books produced in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Iran.
In addition to introducing the history of printing in Iran and surveying the investigated sources, the study supplies basic data on genres of illustrated books, artists active in lithographic illustration, and aspects germane to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004121005
• ISBN13: 9789004121003
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 11.6"