1875 Chromolithograph Geometric Pattern Islamic Art Arabic Design Motif LOR1 XMB2 A hunting and gathering culture

A hunting and gathering culture

found in Moscow

The original fresco in this piece was painted by Fra Angelico sometime between 1447 and 1449

This is an original 1891 black and white in-text wood engraving of street porters (mozos de cordel

1875 Chromolithograph Geometric Pattern Islamic Art Arabic Design Motif LOR1 XMB2 A hunting and gathering cultureThis is a rare original 1875 color chromolithograph that depicts some of the incredibly detailed geometric patterns, so common in Islamic art, that were part of the binding on a large copy of the Qur'an owned by M. Ambroise Firmin Didot. A unique feature of this illustration, which may be difficult to see in the digital image, is the use of gold ink which not only shimmers when it catches the light but also accentuates some of the finer details that