WATT, George (Sir).
Indian Art at Delhi, 1903. Being the Official Catalogue of the Delhi Exhibition, 1902-1903.
Calcutta, The Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1903.
Sir 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.
First 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.
Stock code 125627
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