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TITLE: Famous Monuments of Central India
SUB TITLE: Illustrated by a Series of Eighty-Nine Photographs in Permanent Autotype
AUTHOR: Sir Lepel Griffin
PUBLISHER: The Autotype Company, Henry Sotheran & Co.
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1886
BINDING: Bound in full calf with 4 raised bands and gilted text at the spine
NO.OF PAGES: pp.xxii, 96, 92 autotype photographs
SIZE:
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 39.5 cm
Depth: 5 cm
"The present volume has been issued with the sole desire of placing, by the autotype process, on permanent record in public and private libraries, accurate representations of the more important architectural monuments of Central India, before time, neglect, or barbarous and greedyhands shall have destroyed the buildings which have so special an artistic value in relation to the ancient arts of building and sculpture in the east, and which possess a further interest as illustrating the history of the most highly cultured amongthe elder members of the Aryan family" (Preface).
This book is splendidly illustrated throughout with 92 autotype plates after photographs by Lala Deen Dayal, including views of Sanchi Tope (27), Gwalior (20), Khajuraho (21).
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