first edition
1997 · [London]
by Kalter, Johannes and Margareta Pavaloi (eds.)
[London]: Thames and Hudson, 1997. First edition, American issue, 4to, pp. 360; frontispiece, profusely illustrated throughout (primarily in color); small crease in front free endpaper, else fine in original mustard cloth, dust jacket (central crease). "The young republic of Uzbekistan, with its ancient urban cultural centers of Bukhara, Chiwa and Samarkand, is the heartland of the Silk Road. The artistic and cultural history of the region, through more than two millennia, is represented here in four main sections.."
(Inventory #: 45531)