Indian Museum, Calcutta
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1970. Stated first edition. Leather covered boards. Folio, 37 x 27.3 cm; 184 pp. Beautiful white leather boards with gilt lettering and an illustration. Edges show sparse signs of rubbing. Editions page shows a good amount of spotting, with two red stamps at top, with "No 104" written to the right of the first stamp, which is overlapping the second stamp which has "No 46" written to the right of that. Some red ink marks further down. Title page has a faint line 5 cm tall at the bottom. Last page contains biographies of the people that worked on the book. It shows spotting and also has a red stamp with "No 17" written next to it. Publisher material is pasted in, detailing copyright and manufacturer information. Rear loose end paper recto has a black stamp on the top left corner, verso has a stamp partially covered by a white sticker. Page edges show spotting and discoloration throughout. Dust jacket has some spotting on the interior, as well as discoloration at the top. Corners are rubbed. The bottom right of the front panel has been creased. Rear panel has some tears closer to the spine.
Text is in Japanese. 140 color and black and white plates covering Indian, Nepalese, and other south east Asian art from prehistoric to modern times.
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