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The Atlas is accompanied by a text "Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking after Columbus". Piri Reis was the Ottoman naval commander and cartographer who played a leading role in transmitting Columbus's discoveries. The charts are largely based on his Kitab-i-Bahriye (Book of Seamanship) whilst also including a number of important additions such as the views of Istanbul, Cairo and Venice. The accompanying study outlines Piri Reis's career and his contribution to the history of mapmaking.

This second volume continues the presentation of the Khalili Collection's holdings in Islamic lacquer, the world's largest and most important collection. As well as illustrating all 450 objects, this two-volume catalogue provides a major new study of the subject by two of the leading authorities in the field, including Dr. Khalili himself.

This book is a comprehensive survey of Islamic arts from the nineteenth century, which explores the contrast between those items produced in traditional taste and those bearing witness to the influence of Europe. Objects produced specifically for the European market, and conversely, European-made items for the Islamic market, are also included.

Khalili, a major contemporary Sufi poet of Afghanistan and a refugee of the Russian invasion in 1979, died in 1987. In addition to poetry, he is author of over 20 standard works on history, literature and philosophy. This selection of his Quatrains, in a trilingual Persian, Arabic and English edition, has been hailed in the Arab, Central Asian and Far Eastern worlds of thought and literature as a masterpiece, and represents the presentation of both traditional and contemporary themes within the classical idiom.

The remarkable material presented in this volume - 618 rings from the Islamic lands and beyond - has provided a rare opportunity to survey the history of this form, ranging from two Hellenistic glass rings of the 2nd or 1st century BC to a signet ring made in India in 1920. Rings with metal bodies predominated in all periods and an outstanding variety in gold filigree, made in Fatimid Egypt in the 10th and 11th centuries, is represented here by five exquisite examples. Many of the rings are set with seals and the majority bear the names of men, but exceptions include a ring made for Zubaydah in 11th-century Egypt. Other important groups include rings with religious inscriptions intended to protect the wearer from harm, rings carved from semi-precious stones, archer's thumb-rings and a striking group of thimbles from Anatolia.

Fifth ed., 2002, limited to 2000 copies; 304 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong glossy paper, lavishly illustrated; binding tight; glossy pictorial wrapper without discernible wear.

The memoirs relay memories of Afghan writer, philosopher, historian and statesman, Professor Ustad Khalilullah Khalili. Professor Khalili authored more than seventy works of poetry, fiction, histories and Sufi studies.

This splendid book describes the Qur'ans of the eight to tenth centuries in the Khalili Collection. It provides an exotically illustrated catalogue with detailed scholarship encompassing the history of the subject.

First publication of a group of thirty documents on leather in Imperial Aramaic, dating to the fourth century B.C.E. and reflecting the practice of the Achaemenian administration in Bactria and Sogdiana. Eighteen inscribed wooden sticks, for use as tallies, dated to the third year of King Darius Ill, are also included. They are considered to be the second most important discovery of its type known. Two of the leather documents relate to the fall of the Persian Empire: one mentions Bessus, the usurper of the Persian throne, travelling to Warnu (Greek Aornos); the other is a long list of supplies in the year 7 of King Alexander. In addition to their valuable historical contents, the documents enrich our knowledge of Aramaic and its lexicon. The documents are given in Aramaic with translation, introduction, commentary and glossary. The volume is lavishly illustrated.

This volume surveys the Persian miniature and associated arts held in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The most comprehensive catalogue yet of these collections, it comprises more than 400 works dating from the 15th to the early 20th centuries, including illustrated and illuminated manuscripts, single-page miniatures and drawings, painted lacquer and oils on canvas, presented side by side to give an overall picture of the development of the arts of Iran over five centuries. .

Dust jacket and edges shows minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

This splendid book describes the Qur'ans of the eight to tenth centuries in the Khalili Collection. It provides an exotically illustrated catalogue with detailed scholarship encompassing the history of the subject.

This, the second volume of the catalogue of the rare books and miniatures in the Khalili Collection, is devoted to painting in India under the Mughals. The material presented here ranges in date from the late 16th to the late 19th centuries and comprises 76 illustrated manuscripts, album pages and detached miniatures, many of which were commissioned by the Mughal emperors. These include a page from Akbar's monumental Hamzah-namah; two folios from the Ramayana commissioned by Akbar for his mother; a page from the Padshahnamah prepared for Shah Jahan; a Khamsah prepared for Aurangzeb; and a painting of the dynastic line from Timur to Aurangzeb. Librarians' notations on others indicate that they were kept in the royal libraries for generations, and a group of miniatures bears the inventory numbers of the Mewar Collection. Pride of place among the large group of Deccani paintings goes to one of the few complete copies of the Falnamah or 'Book of Divination', which has 37 magnificent paintings. This forms the basis of one of many detailed studies in the volume. Other subjects covered range from painting under Akbar, to the influence of European painting, provincial Mughal painters and painting under British rule.

This magnificent publication presents nearly 500 masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, the largest and finest privately owned collection of Islamic art in the world. All specially photographed for this book, these precious objects were created for sultans, princes and merchants between the 7th and early 20th centuries, and includes rare illustrated manuscripts and Qurans, exquisite glass, ceramics and jewelry, magnificent textiles, carpets and paintings. With texts by an international team of experts and specialists, and accompanied by over 650 colour illustrations, this volume is an inspiring and scholarly celebration of the masterpieces of the arts of Islam.

This magnificent publication presents nearly 500 masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, the largest and finest privately owned collection of Islamic art in the world. All specially photographed for this book, these precious objects were created for sultans, princes and merchants between the 7th and early 20th centuries, and includes rare illustrated manuscripts and Qurans, exquisite glass, ceramics and jewelry, magnificent textiles, carpets and paintings. With texts by an international team of experts and specialists, and accompanied by over 650 colour illustrations, this volume is an inspiring and scholarly celebration of the masterpieces of the arts of Islam.

An exhibition catalogue in full colour of some 350 masterpieces from the Meiji Period. Exhibited at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon in 2002.

First publication of a group of thirty documents on leather in Imperial Aramaic, dating to the fourth century B.C.E. and reflecting the practice of the Achaemenian administration in Bactria and Sogdiana. Eighteen inscribed wooden sticks, for use as tallies, dated to the third year of King Darius Ill, are also included. They are considered to be the second most important discovery of its type known. Two of the leather documents relate to the fall of the Persian Empire: one mentions Bessus, the usurper of the Persian throne, travelling to Warnu (Greek Aornos); the other is a long list of supplies in the year 7 of King Alexander. In addition to their valuable historical contents, the documents enrich our knowledge of Aramaic and its lexicon. The documents are given in Aramaic with translation, introduction, commentary and glossary. The volume is lavishly illustrated.

The Khalili Collection contains probably the largest collection of Islamic lacquer in the world and includes bookbindings, pen boxes, caskets and mirror cases, as well as spectacle cases, fans and a backgammon board. Part One follows the history of Islamic lacquer from the late 15th century onwards, from Istanbul to India, while Part Two concentrates on the period with which most Islamic lacquer is associated - Iran in the Qajar period (1779-1924). The detailed descriptions are accompanied by several color views of each object and are supplemented by an appendix containing magnified reproductions of all the signatures.

This, the second volume of the catalogue of the rare books and miniatures in the Khalili Collection, is devoted to painting in India under the Mughals. The material presented here ranges in date from the late 16th to the late 19th centuries and comprises 76 illustrated manuscripts, album pages and detached miniatures, many of which were commissioned by the Mughal emperors. These include a page from Akbar's monumental Hamzah-namah; two folios from the Ramayana commissioned by Akbar for his mother; a page from the Padshahnamah prepared for Shah Jahan; a Khamsah prepared for Aurangzeb; and a painting of the dynastic line from Timur to Aurangzeb. Librarians' notations on others indicate that they were kept in the royal libraries for generations, and a group of miniatures bears the inventory numbers of the Mewar Collection. Pride of place among the large group of Deccani paintings goes to one of the few complete copies of the Falnamah or 'Book of Divination', which has 37 magnificent paintings. This forms the basis of one of many detailed studies in the volume. Other subjects covered range from painting under Akbar, to the influence of European painting, provincial Mughal painters and painting under British rule.

Under the imperial rule of the Meiji, who governed Japan from 1868 to 1912, traditional craftsmen developed a new style and reached a new level of technical excellence. This title presents a selection of over 100 examples of the best Meiji metalwork, enamel and metalware.