{"product_id":"the-true-description-of-cairo","title":"The True Description of Cairo","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1549 a Venetian printmaker, Matteo Pagano, published a large woodblock print of an aerial view of the city of Cairo; it was accompanied by a Latin text ('Descriptio Alcahirae') attributed to the orientalist scholar, Guillaume Postel.  The depiction of the city is sufficiently accurate to permit a detailed interpretation of the city to be made, and it remained the standard western representation of this fabled eastern city for the next 250 years. \n\u003cbr\u003e Nicholas Warner provides a context for Pagano's view of Cairo, a translation of Postel's text, and a commentary on the contents of the print itself in addition to the accompanying narrative.  An\n\u003cbr\u003eindex of subsequent revisions, and a superbly produced enhanced facsimile of the view itself is included.  Volume 1 (208 pages) includes 36 large colour plates, 5 black-and-white plates, and a modern facsimile of the original Latin text 'Descriptio Alchiriae' Volume 2  (208 pages) includes a modern facsimile of the original Latin text 'Descripto Alcahirae', and  68 black-and-white images, all details of the view Volume 3 - the view of Cairo - is a\n\u003cbr\u003e'modern facsimile' of the original view i.e. with blemishes etc removed, packed in a slip case. It is the same size as the original, and folds out in a similar manner to an ordnance survey map.  Printed\n\u003cbr\u003ein two colours to match the original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46060373999854,"sku":"9780197144060","price":437.37,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780197144060.jpg?v=1736510643","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-true-description-of-cairo","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}