Book: Islamic Books in the Vever Collection -2 Volumes.

"A Jeweler’s Eye. Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection [and] An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection"

By Glenn D. Lowry & Milo Cleveland Beach. Published in Washington by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery & the University of Washington Press in 1988.

A magnificent study of the Islamic books, paintings and drawings from the Vever Collection. Henri Vever [1854-1942] was a noted French jeweler, connoisseur and collector, one of the most important figures in the French Art Nouveau movement, and a passionate collector of Eastern and Islamic art and antiques. His grandson’s gift to the Sackler Gallery of his collection of almost 500 antique Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Indian manuscripts, paintings, albums, calligraphy and bookbindings was the impetus for the publication of these two volumes.

The first title (“Jeweler’s Eye”) is a beautiful, color-illustrated survey of 76 highlights of the collection. The second volume is a very important scholarly catalog of all 491 objects, each illustrated in black & white, with appendices listing the artists & calligraphers, and a study of the pigments and paper of some of the objects. The first volume is beautiful but relatively common, the second volume is of great utility for the scholar and collector, and very difficult to obtain. Together they form a dynamic duo, and fitting tribute to this important collection.

2 volumes, slipcased. 9.5”x12”, 240 + 446 pages. First volume with 27 black & white illustrations and 76 color plates, 2nd volume with 491+ black & white illustrations. Small nick in slipcase (see detail below), else fine and clean.

International buyers please note: This is a very heavy set, and will weigh 11 pounds when boxed for shipping.

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