Description
10th in a series of T&H publications on The al-Sabah Collection, this book provides the definitive catlogue of this outstanding group of games pieces, with more than 300 striking new images. Specially commissioned scientific testing has allowed many of these objects to be dated with precision for the first time. An additional section listing medieval chessmen from museums and private collections worldwide, some previously unpublished, adds a unique contextual dimension.
Details
| Author: Deborah Freeman Fahid |
| Publisher: Thames and Hudson |
| Language: English |
| Format: Softcover / Hardcover |
| Pages: 344 pages |
| Illustrations: Color |
| Dimension: 27.5x22x3 cm / 28.5x23x3.5 cm |
| Weight: 1.7 kg / 2 kg |
| ISBN: 978-0-500-97092-8 Softcover |
| ISBN: 978-0-500-97091-1 Hardcover |
