Thames & Hudson The Islamic World: A History in Objects

Purchased this book to give to a friend, but the cover of the book was very filthy.Not impressed!

Gorgeous, scholarly book with easy-to-digest short thematic introductions to key themes and cultural issues that frame the individual art objects presented, in lovely photographic detail. Amazing book, useful as a guide to individual works in the British Museum (similar to others in other museums) and for teaching and students at the intro or intermediate level of Islamic art.

Covers a lot of ground in a compact volume. Still the pictures are so enticing I would have liked them to be bigger and printed on glossy paper.

Nice book with great photographs