{"product_id":"goerge-watt-indian-art-delhi-first-edition-1903-125627","title":"Indian Art at Delhi, 1903.","description":"A catalogue describing and showing wares, wood work, ivory, leather, embroidery, carpets, fine arts, etc. displayed at the Delhi Exhibition, 1902-3. The exhibition opened as a prelude to the Delhi Durbar of 1903 which marked the succession of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra as Emperor and Empress of India. The King and Queen did not attend but The Duke of Connaught represented his brother Edward VII at the festivities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir George Watt, the director of the exhibition, was unable to complete this work before the close of the exhibition, but the Government of India decided to print it anyway, given the cultural importance of its contents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (253 x 170 mm); frontispiece and 87 plates (photographs and illustrations), previous owner's inscription to first blank, 2cm tear to head of p. 545; publisher's full brown cloth with Indian gilt design and lettering on cover, gilt lettering and gilt design of Indian teapot on spine, embossed governmental insignia on rear, blind filleting, slightly frayed at corners, hinges reinforced, gilt details bright, a very good copy; xv, 546pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WATT, George (Sir).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57732583719287,"sku":"125627","price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/125627_01.jpg?v=1794333275","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/goerge-watt-indian-art-delhi-first-edition-1903-125627","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}