Arabesque

I picked up a lovely graphic design book focusing on Arab and Persian work this past weekend. Several themes from Calligraphy to Typesetting and Illustration are represented. Here are two examples:

This first page is from a group working in France:


and this is from the type face chapter:



I have a fondness for the Expletive Script font, but unfortunately it is not one of the three included with the book.

The book is in English and is published by die Gestalten (of Berlin).