Auction 362 Non European Civilizations - Far East
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INDIA -- FERGUSSON, J. Tree and Serpent Worship: or Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India in the 1st and 4th c. after Christ. From the Sculptures of the Buddhist Topes at Sanchi and Amravati. Lond., W.H. Allan & Co. (for the) India Museum, 1868. xii, 247 pp. W. lithogr. front., 57 albumen photogr. by Waterhouse and Griggs of varying size (2 double-p.) laid down on mounts, 42 lithogr. plates (some fold., 2 cold.), and 21 wood-engr. in text. Fol. Or. red hcf., spine gilt, large gilt ornament on front side, t.e.g. (Upper hinge rep. and a bit rubbed, some minor foxing in places, plate 97 affected by insects, some photogr. a little faded, but a v.g. copy w. all the plates called for).

First edition depicting the great Buddhist monuments at Sanchi and Amravati.

€ 1500

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