[ART - PERSIA] UPHAM POPE, Arthur and ACKERMAN, Phillis. A S - Lot 38

[ART - PERSIA] UPHAM POPE, Arthur and ACKERMAN, Phillis. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric times to the Present. The first two text volumes of this rare and monumental survey of pre-Islamic and Islamic Iranian art. London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1938 and 1939. 3 vol. in-folio, blue boards, smooth spines with gilt title. Approx. 2850 pp. overall, sketches and plans in the text. In English. Some rubbing, corners bent. Impressive study of Persian art, here the three text volumes (the three albums missing). The first volume covers pre-Islamic art, the second Islamic art for architecture, ceramics, calligraphy and epigraphy, and the third for illumination, carpets and textiles, metal arts and minor arts. This impressive collection is in good condition.