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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Revised edition. xvi, 92 pages. no spine crease.

Hardcover. Condición: g+. First edition. Folio. [12], 277, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This book records unique exhibitions of over 550 exemplary Oriental carpets on view during the Eighth International Conference on Oriental Carpets in Philadelphia, of which 331 are published here. These collections represent one of the most extensive exhibitions ever to be organized on this subject anywhere in the world. Loaned by museums and private collectors and dating as far back as the ninth century, the weavings represent traditional cultures in Egypt, Anatolia, Iran, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Northern Africa. This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with 331 striking photographic reproductions in full color. Minor shelf wear. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition.