L'art Arabe: The Art of Arabic after the Monuments of Cairo, 17th Century

d'apres les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe  par Prisse d'Avennes

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Author: Prisse d'Avennes | Title: L'art arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siecle jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe

Publisher: Paris: Ve A. Morel et Cie. | Year: 1877 | In French

• "L'art Arabe", a rare collection of breathtaking set of plates (wood engraving, heliogravures and color lithographs) of the famous Islamic-Arab designs and ornaments published by the French art historian Prisse d'Avennes sometime during 1869 after buying them from the sixty or so French artists who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his compaign against Egypt in 1798. Those selective group of artists were assigned by the Emperor to illustrate the art treasures of rare architectural ornament (tiles, wood carvings, paintings on walls and ceilings, woven hangings), carpets, paper appliques and illuminated books.