[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]
[CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY.]

[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]

POPULAR PRINT IN ISLAMIC NORTH AFRICA

12 chromolithographed posters, measuring between 250 by 324mm and 281 by 379mm. Some folded corners and small closed tears, otherwise near very good. A few have an Arabic stamp to the reverse, showing that they were sold and/or distributed by a company in Fez, Morocco. No place, no date [but probably Tunis and Cairo, 1940.

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[CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY.]
[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]

A stunning group of devotional and literary posters printed in North Africa during the first half of the twentieth century. Despite bearing no imprint, they follow the stylistic conventions of several earlier and contemporaneous publishers of Islamic popular print, such as the Algiers-based publisher and printer team of Bonesteve editions and Baconnier Freres.

The subjects include Adam and Eve, Antar ibn Shaddad, Abraham and Isaac, Yusuf and Zuleikha, 'Ali with his sons Hussein and Hassan, Noah and his ark, the Sufi saint 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, and a remarkable image of Ibrahim, and the Angel Jibreel.

Stock No.
261211
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[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]
[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]
[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]
[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]
[Twelve Islamic literary and devotional lithographed posters.]
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