- Small quarto [9-5/8 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The wraps are very slightly bumped. 96 pages. Illustrated in black & white and color. Near fine. Published to accompany an exhibition shown at the British Museum from December 1998 to April 1999. A British Museum color picture postcard of a shadow puppet is laid in.Sir Stamford Raffles [1781-1826] was the founder of Singapore. He is less well known nowadays as a remarkable scholar and collector and as a researcher into all aspects of Malaysian and Javan civilization, languages and natural and cultural history. The essays in this book explore his achievements in those fields.

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Title: THE GOLDEN SWORD: Stamford Raffles and the East.
Author: Barley, Nigel; editor.
Publisher: (London): British Museum Press, (1999). (1999).
Publication year: 1999
Condition: Fine
Binding: Soft cover
Seller catalogs: Art

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

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