The Library of Chester Beatty: A Catalog of the Indian Miniatures [Three volume set]
Published by Privately Printed by John Johnson at The Oxford University Press and Published by Emery Walker, Limited, London, 1936
- First Edition
- Used





Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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London: Privately Printed by John Johnson at The Oxford University Press and Published by Emery Walker, Limited, 1936. First Edition. Three folio volumes. Nineteen color plates and eighty-four in monochrome with tissue guards, collated and complete. Gray cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library though with minimal institutional markings. Boards edgeworn with minor fraying and bumping to corners; signs of sticker removal to bases of spines; general smudging. Bindings sound. Institutional stamps and remnants of stickers to edges of text block and preliminaries; dampstaining to plates 9, 14, and 17 of volume II; interiors else unmarked. A Very Good set; uncommon complete.
Seller Inventory # 28927
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Library of Chester Beatty: A Catalog of the Indian Miniatures [Three volume set]
- Author
- [Chester Beatty]; Sir Thomas W. Arnold; J.V.S. Wilkinson [ed.]
- Publisher
- Privately Printed by John Johnson at The Oxford University Press and Published by Emery Walker, Limited, London
- Publication year
- 1936
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Antiques / Heritage Crafts, Art, East / Southeast Asia, India / Indian Writers
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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