The hidden treasures of Timbuktu : historic city of Islamic Africa, with 193 colour illustrations - Hunwick, John O.; Boye, Alida Jay. (London : Thames & Hudson, 2008)
Plates I: The setting -- Timbuktu: where the camel meets the canoe -- Plates II: Portraits -- Timbuktu: a sanctuary for scholars -- Plates III: Manuscripts -- Timbuktu: scholars and libraries past and present.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.
Keywords: Learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou -- History; Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou; Tombouctou (Mali) -- History; Tombouctou (Mali) -- Civilization; Tombouctou (Mali) -- Intellectual life