The legacy of Islam / edited by the late Sir Thomas Arnold, C.I.E., F.B.A., Litt.D. and Alfred Guillaume, M.A. Oxon., principal Culham College formerly Professor of Oriental Languages in University of Durham
1931, 1st edition. Oxford : The Clarendon Press. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #424563
Physical description; xvi, 416 pages illustrations, plates. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Spain and Portugal, by J.B. Trend. -- The crusades, by Ernest Baker. -- Geography and commerce, by J.H. Kramers. -- Islamic minor arts and their influence upon European work, by A.H. Christie. -- Islamic art and its influence on painting in Europe, by the late Sir Thomas Arnold. -- Architecture, by M.S. Briggs. -- Literature, by H.A.R. Gibb. -- Mysticism, by R.A. Nicholson. -- Philosophy and theology, by Alfred Guillaume. -- Law and society, by David de Santillana. -- Science and medicine, by Max Meyerhof. -- Music, by H.G. Farmer. -- Astronomy and mathematics, by Baron Carra de Vaux. -- Index. Subjects; Islamic civilization. Islam. Civilization.
Price: €45.00