The Dome of the Rock

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Summary: The Dome of the Rock
Review: I thought the pictures were great. Not only were they large--some covering two pages of this oversized book, but the pictures showed a representative sample of nearly every surface inside and outside of the Dome of the Rock. This book is overkill if all you want is touristy pictures, but an art historian would love this book.

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Summary: wonderful pictures, binding interferes with spreads
Review: On October 30, 1999, I happened to go into the Rizzoli Bookstore in San Francisco and learned there was an exhibit of photographs from this book. The photographs are wonderful.

But as for the book (hardbound), the binding interferes with the enjoyment of the photos. Many of the photos are two-page spreads with the photo crossing the gutter. I could not open the book flat enough to see what was in the gutter.

While this book has sewn signatures, they seem to have been glued onto a hard strip that limits flexibility. BOOKS DO NOT HAVE TO BE BOUND LIKE THIS!!!