Nishapur Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Very good. 328 pages. 28 1/2 x 22 cm. Thirty-three color plates and a multitude of photographs, drawings, and plans to scale. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. One of the greatest cities in medieval Iran was Nishapur. It reached the height of its prosperity under the Samanids in the tenth century.