NON-EXPORTABLE
COMPLETE WITH 47 PHOTOGRAPHS WITH DESCRIPTIVE LETTER PRESS, SIZE
TITLE: Report with photographs of the repairs executed to some of the principal temples at Bhubanesvar and caves in the Khandagiri and Udaigiri hills, Orissa, India, between 1898 and 1903
AUTHOR: M. H. Arnott
PUBLISHER: Waterlow and sons limited
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1903
BINDING: Bound in full calf with all edges gilted
NO.OF PAGES: 47 mounted gelatin silver prints (most approximately242 x 289 mm.), of various temples, depicting them before 1892 and after the repair started, a few pencil annotations.
SIZE:
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 39 cm
Depth: 3 cm
"The restoration of some of the most famous Temples of Bhubanesvar owes its origin to the visit paid in 1898 by the then Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the late Sir John Woodburn. Struck with their dilapidated condition, and realising to the full their archaeological value, he ordered estimates to be prepared forputting the four principal ones, namely: Bramesvar, Rajarani, Muktesvar, and Purusramesvar into good order" (Preface).
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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