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Narrative Illustration in Persian Lithographed Books

Ulrich Marzolph

Leiden: Brill, 2001. 302 p. (including 150 p. of illustrations)
ISBN 90 04 12100 5 hardcover
list price US$ 101,-- EUR 87,-
Handbook of Oriental Studies, part 1: The Near and Middle East, vol. 60

This study surveys a distinctive type of the "Islamic" book which has been largely neglected in previous scholarship: the genre of illustrated lithographed books produced in nineteenth and early twentieth century Iran.
In addition to introducing the history of printing in Iran and surveying the investigated sources, the study supplies basic data on genres of illustrated books, artists active in lithographic illustration, and aspects germane to this particular field of art. The documentation includes bibliographical references for 116 illustrated books in a total of 351 particular editions and 150 figures with several hundred single illustrations.

Lithographic illustration in Iran constitutes the legitimate successor to manuscript illustration, both in content and style. Contrasting with the latter's refinement, lithographed illustrations were produced in large numbers and served as a powerful medium of popular iconography.

CONTENTS
Foreword
List of Libraries Consulted

INTRODUCTION
Sources of Information -- The Printed Book in Iran -- The Lithographed Book in Iran -- Illumination and Illustration in Early Persian Lithographed Books

GENRES OF ILLUSTRATED LITHOGRAPHED BOOKS
Classical Persian Literature -- Religious Literature -- Romantic Epics and Popular Narratives

ARTISTS ACTIVE IN LITHOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION

PECULARITIES OF LITHOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION
Technical Aspects -- Substitute Illustrations -- Paste papers -- Censorship -- Programs of Illustration -- Iconographical Aspects -- Recurrent Topics -- Stereotypes -- Depiction of Material Culture -- Illustrations Unrelated to the Text

EPILOGUE

FIGURES

LEGENDS TO THE FIGURES

SOURCES
In Alphabetical Order -- In Chronological Order

INDEX OF NAMES MENTIONED IN THE SOURCES
Scribes -- Publishers -- Printers

BIBLIOGRAPHY