19 - [PERSIAN ART]. UPHAM POPE, Arthur, and ACKERMAN, Phillis. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present.

[PERSIAN ART]. UPHAM POPE, Arthur, and ACKERMAN, Phillis. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. The first two volumes of this rare and monumental study of pre-Islamic and Islamic Iranian art. London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1938 and 1939. 3 folio volumes, blue cardboard binding, smooth spines with gilt titles. Approximately 2,850 pp. in total, with sketches and plans in the text. In English. Some scuffing, folded corners. An impressive study of Persian art; here are the three volumes of text (the three albums are missing). The first volume covers pre-Islamic art; the second, Islamic art—specifically architecture, ceramics, calligraphy, and epigraphy; and the third, illumination, carpets and textiles, metalwork, and the minor arts. This impressive collection is in good condition.