Egypt + Pompeii
- Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ; with historical descriptions by William Brockedon ; lithographed by Louis HagheCall Number: RISD Special Large Folio NC242.R575 E4 1846
- Pompeii, its destruction and re-discovery, with engravings and descriptions of the art and architecture of its inhabitants byCall Number: RISD SPECIAL DG70.P7 G6
- Egypt and the Sudan : handbook for travellers byCall Number: RISD SPECIAL DT45 .B2 1908
EUROPEAN CATEGORIES OF WORLD ORNAMENT
- The Grammar of Ornament byCall Number: RISD Special Large Folio NK1510 .J7 1856
Contemporary Selections
- Shahzia SikanderCall Number: RISD Special Oversize N7310.73.S5 A4 1999
- Shahzia SikanderCall Number: RISD SPECIAL N7310.73.S5 A4 1999b
- The refusal of time byCall Number: RISD Special Oversize N7396.K45 A4 2012
China
- China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis ...Call Number: RISD Special Oversize DS708 .K58 1667
- An old Chinese garden; a three-fold masterpiece of poetry, calligraphy and painting byCall Number: RISD Special Oversize ND1049.W46 A3
- The selected painting and calligraphy of the eight eccentrics of YangchowCall Number: RISD Special Large Folio ND1043.5 .C5
- Les grottes de Touen-Houang : peintures et sculptures bouddhiques des époques des Wei, des Tʻang et des Song byCall Number: RISD Special Oversize BQ244.T8 P4 vol. 1
- Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China byCall Number: RISD SPECIAL DS793.S62 S7 1912
- Dunhuang : caves of the singing sands : Buddhist art from the Silk Road byCall Number: RISD Special Oversize N8193.C6 D86 1995
Arabic Decoration
- Old Oriental gilt and enamelled glass vessels : extant in public museums and private collectionsCall Number: RISD Special Large Folio NK5172 .S4 1899
- The Conference of the Birds byCall Number: RISD Special Oversize NK3636.5.A2 B43 2009
- L'Alhambra de Grenade byCall Number: RISD SPECIAL NA387 .S2 1926
- Miniature Qur'anCall Number: RISD Special Flat Folio BP104.6 .A3
- La décoration arabe ... : extraits du grand ouvrage L'art arabe de Prisse d'Avesnes / choisis, classés et arrangés par les éditeurs.Call Number: RISD Special Oversize NK1270 .P8 1885
Africa + Oceania + the Americas
- La décoration primitiveCall Number: RISD Special Oversize NK1177 .D4 vol. 1-4
- The savage arts of Africa and the South Sea Islands byCall Number: RISD Special Oversize N7391.65 .P47
Persia/Iran + Turkey
- Turkey : ancient miniaturesCall Number: RISD Special Flat Folio ND3211 .T5 1961
- Vieilles faïences turques : en Asie Mineure et à ConstantinopleCall Number: RISD Special Flat Folio NK4129 .R3
- Iran: Persian Miniatures.Call Number: RISD Special Flat Folio ND3241 .I5 1956
- Sinan: Architect of Süleyman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Golden Age byCall Number: RISD Special Flat Folio NA1373.S5 F74 1992
- Silks for the Sultans: Ottoman Imperial Garments from Topkapi Palace byCall Number: RISD Special Flat Folio GT1755.T9 S73 1996
- Persian ceramic art : belonging to Mr. F. DuCane Godman, F.R.S.; with examples from other collections. The thirteenth century lustred wall-tiles byCall Number: RISD Special Flat Folio NK4670.7.I7 W3 1894
