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245 0 _aVoyage to Persia
_b: from the collection of H. H. the Ruler of Sharjah
_cDr. Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qasimi
246 _i
260 _aSharjah
_bSharjah Art Museum; Dept. of Culture and Information
_c2011
300 _a185p
_c26x30cm
520 _aThe exhibition contains a rare collection of the possessions of H.H. the Ruler of Sharjah, including copper engraving works listed in a Description of Asia(which include Persia) (1672), by Dr. Olfert Dapper, copper engravings from a book of Geography (1683), written by Alain Manesson Malet, copper engravings of Persia (1705-1720), published in a book by Henri Chatelain and engravings published by Pieter van der Aa in 1729. Further the collection includes some copper engravings taken from the multivolume French publication Histoire Universelle in1780, and some steel engravings from the French series 'Universe Pittoresque' (1841) published by Firmin Didot in Paris, and lithographic plates created by the French archaeologist and painter Eugene Flandin from his journey to Persia in 1851.
546 _aEnglish; Arabic
650 _aN5198-5299 Private collections and collectors
_91494
942 _cBK
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999 _c1492
_d1492