ʻAṭāyā al-ṣaḥrāʼ
By: [illustrations by Julian Friers].
Contributors: International Foundation for Conservation & Development of Wildlife.
Edition: Royal ed.
Publisher: Morrigan Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Bangor, Northern Ireland]
Language: ara
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Zoology -- Sahara -- Pictorial works; Desert animals -- Sahara -- Pictorial works; Sahara -- In art
Genres: Pictorial works; In art
Other titles: Gifts from the desert; Koran. English & Arabic. Selections.
Notes: Published for the International Foundation for Conservation & Development of Wildlife (Morocco). Dedicated to HRH Prince Sultan ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Thirty-two paintings by Irish wildlife artist Julian Friers, with selected verse from classic Arabian poetry and the Holy Koran.

Both text and plates are surrounded by decorative colored borders.

Mounted plates are accompanied by tissue guard-sheets with letterpress captions in Arabic.

"The edition size of this book totals 115 copies. This comprises a limited edition of 100 books and a royal edition of 15 books"--Colophon.

Issued in portfolio.

LC copy no. 7 of "royal edition" of 15 copies.

Title and text in Arabic, with summaries in English.