Lot 2884

Description

(Miles), Kouymijian, Dickran K., (Editor), Near Eastern Numismatics, Iconography, Epigraphy and History; Studies in Honour of George C. Miles, Beirut, American University of Beirut, 1974, xxv, (1), 478, (2) pages, portrait, numerous text illustrations, quarto. Original blue cloth, gilt, fine, out of print, and rare.

Ex. George Frederick Kolbe, New York Sale, December 6, 1997, (lot 272). This publication contains forty three papers on various aspects of mostly Islamic numismatics and associated disciplines, some numismatic authors include Nancy Waggoner, Bedoukian, Seyrig, Paul Balog, Fagerlie, Birhazi, Lowick, Hazard, Bivar, Grierson, Bates and Artuk, all contributed important papers. This feschrift is one of the most important books devoted to a wide range of aspects on Islamic numismatics.