ÉLISSÉEV (Serge), GROUSSET (René), HACKIN (Joseph), SALLES ( - Lot 114

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ÉLISSÉEV (Serge), GROUSSET (René), HACKIN (Joseph), SALLES ( - Lot 114
ÉLISSÉEV (Serge), GROUSSET (René), HACKIN (Joseph), SALLES (Georges), and STERN (Philippe) MUSLIM ARTS—FAR EAST. India—Indochina—Insulinde—China—Japan—Central Asia—Tibet. Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1939. Large 4to (approx. 28 × 23 cm), 496 pp., paperback, embossed cover printed in red and black and decorated with Oriental motifs. Volume IV of the *Universal History of the Arts from Primitive Times to the Present Day*, published under the direction of Louis Réau. 353 illustrations and 5 maps, numerous photographic reproductions and figures in the text. The specialized bibliography confirms this collation of 496 pages and 353 illustrations. First edition. An important collective synthesis devoted to the arts of Islam and the Far East, bringing together several of the leading French Orientalists and art historians of the interwar period. The book covers a particularly broad scope: Muslim art, India, Indochina and Khmer art, the Indonesian archipelago, China, Japan, Central Asia, and Tibet. The contributions of Joseph Hackin, curator at the Guimet Museum, René Grousset, and Philippe Stern ensure its enduring historiographical and documentary value; the work is still listed in specialized bibliographies on Islamic and Asian arts. A copy in its original折页式封面. The cover is slightly faded and soiled, with some rubbing and minor signs of wear; there are creases and small tears on the flaps and first few pages, particularly in the upper corner of the title page.
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