Creswell - The Mosques of Egypt - 1949-1954

Set of 2 volumes. Edition limited to 1200 sets. Ordnance Survey, Giza, 1949-54. First edition. Large folio, original cloth, containing 243 plates showing mosques and architectural and decorative details, including paintings by Al-Husain Fawzy. Vol. I: 68 pages, 93 plates, 2 maps and index. Vol. II: pages 69-133, plates 94-243. Creswell writes: "Cairo possesses a most remarkable series of Muslim monuments (…) these two volumes constitute the finest piece of book production achieved in Egypt”.

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