Arab Art: As Seen Through the Monuments of Cairo from the 7th Century to the 18th.

Paris and London: Le Sycomore; Al Saqi , 1983. Cloth. Very Good. 34 cm; 265 pages and 176 plates, many in color. Bound in decorated cloth. No blemishes.

Contents: Portrait of Egypts nature, soil, and climate, and of the various human races its population comprises -- Historical prolegomena : First period; The caliphs; From the conquest of `Amr to the Ayyubids--8th to 13th centuries -- Historical prolegomena : Second period; The Mamluks -- Historical prolegomena : Third period; From the conquest of Sultan Selim to the conquest of Bonaparte--16th to 18th centuries -- The government, mores, and customs of the Mamluks -- Description of the city of Cairo -- Religious architecture -- Civil architecture -- Military architecture -- Arts related to architecture -- Arts independent of architecture -- The origin, development, and decay of Arab architecture