Palestine and Egypt under the Ottomans: Paintings, Books, Photographs, Maps, Manuscripts

From: Domes | Date: October 31, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Aman, Mohammed M.
Domes
10-31-2004
Hisham Khatib

London: Tauris Parke, 2003. 272p. $85.00. ISBN: 1860648886.

Hisham Khatib is a Palestinian engineer who lives and practices his
profession in Amman Jordan. For more than 30 years he has collected
paintings, lithographs, travel books, maps, atlases and photographs on
Jerusalem, Palestine and Egypt. Most of his collection was purchased from
auction houses in London.

His collection, mostly topographical rather than decorative, is considered
one of the largest in Private hands. This high quality coffee table book is
based on Khatib's unique collection of ...

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