Persian Art: The Parthian and Sassanian Dynasties 249 B.C-A.D. 651.

Ghirshman, Roman. Persian Art: The Parthian and Sassanian Dynasties 249 B.C-A.D. 651. Translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons. Edited by Andre Malraux and Georges Salles. New York: Golden Press, 1962. 4to. Red cloth with embossed gilt symbol to front plate and gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Very slight creasing and scuffing to dj. 344 pp. 538 illustrations in color and b/w. Fold-out map at rear. One of the first books on Sassanian and Parthian art. “The Parthenians and Sassanians filled the eight-hundred-year gap between the collapse of the Hellenistic culture in Persia and the Moslem conquest.” Part of a series: The art of Mankind. Dj in very good, book in fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (13743) $95