Moorish Culture in Spain

1972, first edition of Titus Burckhardt's comprehensive study

Author

Titus Burckhardt, translated by Alisa Jaffa

Publisher

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1972

Printing Details

First UK edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 26.5 × 22.5cm, 219pp.

This is a unique study of the spirit and radiance of the eight hundred years of Muslim dominance of Southern Spain from the time of the invasion the Iberian Peninsula in 711 until the Renaissance. It examines the manner of life and the achievements in architecture, poetry, philosophy, religion, and music that developed in Andalusia, the centre of the North African Arab empire on the European continent. Illustrated with 9 colour plates, 81 monochrome plates, and over 100 engravings, line drawings and maps.

Condition

The book is in good solid readable condition, but with some light foxing / dusting to the pages' top edge, slight spotted foxing to prelims. The dustwrapper has a few small tears to the edges but has not been price-clipped.