The Light of Canopus
Anwar I Suhaili, described by J.V.S. Wilkinson, 1930, 53 pages of text with 36 tipped-in color plates, hardcover.
Very good condition, pages clean, binding tight, dust jacket protected with acetate, owners name plate on first page.
Description of a seventeenth century Mogul manuscript of Indian fables of the greatest period of Mughal art (from the British museum), with reproduction of its miniatures. Each plate preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Many of the paintings bear the names of famous masters, both Hindu and Muhammadan, of the courts of the Emperors Akbar and Jahangir. Preface by Laurence Binyon, with detailed description of the fables and their illustrations by J.V.S. Wilkinson, of the Oriental Manuscripts Department at the British Museum.
Anwar I Suhaili, described by J.V.S. Wilkinson, 1930, 53 pages of text with 36 tipped-in color plates, hardcover.
Very good condition, pages clean, binding tight, dust jacket protected with acetate, owners name plate on first page.
Description of a seventeenth century Mogul manuscript of Indian fables of the greatest period of Mughal art (from the British museum), with reproduction of its miniatures. Each plate preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Many of the paintings bear the names of famous masters, both Hindu and Muhammadan, of the courts of the Emperors Akbar and Jahangir. Preface by Laurence Binyon, with detailed description of the fables and their illustrations by J.V.S. Wilkinson, of the Oriental Manuscripts Department at the British Museum.
Anwar I Suhaili, described by J.V.S. Wilkinson, 1930, 53 pages of text with 36 tipped-in color plates, hardcover.
Very good condition, pages clean, binding tight, dust jacket protected with acetate, owners name plate on first page.
Description of a seventeenth century Mogul manuscript of Indian fables of the greatest period of Mughal art (from the British museum), with reproduction of its miniatures. Each plate preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Many of the paintings bear the names of famous masters, both Hindu and Muhammadan, of the courts of the Emperors Akbar and Jahangir. Preface by Laurence Binyon, with detailed description of the fables and their illustrations by J.V.S. Wilkinson, of the Oriental Manuscripts Department at the British Museum.