Sujet

The Life of Mahomet, 1805. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A hardcover book with a reddish-brown leather cover. There is no text on the front or back cover. There is faded gold text on the spine, along with several horizontal stripes on the spine. The text reads [LIFE OF/MAHOMET]. The book is very old. The cover has many creases and several areas where the leather has worn away. The pages inside the book have many wrinkles and stains, and some of them have small tears. The title age of the book reads [THE/LIFE/OF/MAHOMET/WITH SKETCHES OF THE REIGNS/OF HIS SUCCESSORS/ABUBEKER, OMAR,/OTHMAN, and ALI.]. There Is a decorative design, followed by more text which reads [FROM THE DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE./BY EDWARD GIBBON, Esq.] There is another design underneath, followed by more text. The text reads [PRINTED AT LEOMINSTER, BY SALMON WILDER, FOR JOHN WHITING, OF LANCASTER, -1805.-]. The book's text ends on page 171.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_472

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

113,0Mo (5,2Mo) / 43,2cm x 65,5cm / 5105 x 7734 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black arts country book museum location century literature African American African-American B&W afro-american title page United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century heritage American history America USA biography united states Unknown Edward Edward Gibbon Gibbon Mohammed Prophet Mohammed Muhammad cultural heritage Black History Prophet Muhammed Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art books