Contents:V.1. Text:pre Islamic-pre acae- menid, a chaemenid, parthian and sasanian periods.-V.2.text :[islamic] Architacture,the caramic arts, calligraphy and epigraphy.-V.3.text:[islamic]the art of the book, textile,carpets, metalwork,minorates.-V.4-6.plates,1-1482 Index volume/compiled by theodor Besterman.-London;New York:Oxford univ.Press,1958.136P