Fabled Cities of Central Asia: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva
Hardcover
1989 · New York
by Magowan, Robin. Gippenreiter, Vadim (photographer)
New York: Abbeville Press, 1989. Hardcover. VG, clean and tight; museum ex-lib. plate inside front cover. Islamic blue cloth with silver lettering; color-illustrated dj with lilac lettering on spine; 191 pp. and 170 full-color photographs. Text in English. Stunning photos of architecture, art and daily life in and around three of Central Asia's most beautiful cities. Magowan's text covers history of Timur, Alexander, Genghis Khan, the Ichan Qala, art, Islam, architecture and much more. (Inventory #: 139997)