Glory of the Sultans Islamic Architecture India Mughal Flammarion Folio Sealed For Sale

The Glory of the Sultans: Islamic Architecture in India (Flammarion) Enlightening Minds · Fine Art & Architecture New — Factory Sealed Large-Format Folio Slipcase As Issued Flammarion 2009 Yves Porter & Gérard Degeorge The Glory of the Sultans Islamic Architecture in India, 1100–1880 — a sweeping Flammarion folio on the Mughal and Sultanate monuments of the subcontinent. TEXT · Yves Porter (Iranian Studies, Aix-en-Provence)
PHOTOGRAPHY · Gérard Degeorge
FORMAT · Oversized hardcover in slipcase, 304 pp
ISBN · 9782080301109 ❖ ❖ ❖ About This Book

From the twelfth century to the mid-nineteenth, much of the Indian subcontinent lay under Muslim rule, producing an architecture that fused Islamic, Turkish, and Persian traditions with local craft. This large-format Flammarion folio surveys that achievement in full: Yves Porter, a specialist in Muslim art, sets each major monument within its historical, cultural, and technical context, while Gérard Degeorge\'s commissioned photography brings the buildings and their ornament to life.

The tour runs across three great phases — the Delhi Sultanate, the independent regional sultanates, and the Mughals and their heirs — and takes in the landmarks that define the tradition: Humayun\'s tomb at Delhi, Akbar\'s short-lived capital at Fatehpur Sikri, the Shalimar gardens at Lahore, and the incomparable Taj Mahal at Agra. Supporting apparatus includes floor plans, a map, a timeline, notes, a bibliography, and an index of the monuments.

Widely praised as filling a real gap in the literature, it works equally as a scholarly reference and as a coffee-table volume for anyone drawn to Indo-Islamic art and design.

A Proper Art-Book Object This is a heavy, oversized production — roughly 10 by 13 inches, issued in colour-printed boards inside a matching slipcase, with 242 colour photographs, 24 floor plans, and a map across its 304 pages. Flammarion made it as a display-grade art book, and it reads that way on a shelf or table. Two Audiences Strong pull for Islamic & Mughal architecture / art-history readers and collectors of Flammarion\'s large-format monographs — and a second, broader audience of Taj Mahal & India travel-photography and coffee-table-book buyers drawn by Degeorge\'s photography. A sealed copy suits both a serious library and a gift. SubjectIndo-Islamic / Mughal architecture Span1100–1880, three eras Illustration242 colour photos, 24 plans RegionIndia & Pakistan Bibliographic Details TitleThe Glory of the Sultans SubIslamic Architecture in India, 1100–1880 AuthorsYves Porter & Gérard Degeorge PublisherFlammarion, Paris, 2009 ISBN9782080301109 FormatOversized HC, colour boards, slipcase Extent304 pp; approx. 10 × 13 in; heavy Condition — Brand New (Factory Sealed)

• New and still factory-sealed in the original publisher shrinkwrap — unopened and unread.
• Complete with the slipcase and colour-printed boards, as issued by Flammarion.
• Pristine display copy; ships well protected for its size and weight.

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