Author: Brown, W. Norman.
Title: A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Miniature Paintings of the Jaina Kalpasutra As Executed in the Early Western Indian Style.
Description: Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1934. 1934. - Small folio [approximately 14-1/4 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide], rebound in dark brown cloth with the original light brown cloth panel mounted over the front cover. The dark brown spine is titled, together with the library number, in white ink by the previous owner. The binding is lightly bumped. The edges of the front cover are a bit faded with some light soiling. v & 66 pages plus 46 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The top page corners are lightly bumped & there is a small hole in the margin of the last text page. Ex-library with a library stamp on each endpaper, a label on the front pastedown & a library pocket mounted on the rear pastedown. Good.

Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art Oriental Studies, No. 2. Publication 3252. Good .

Keywords: ART; INDIAN ART; INDIAN MINIATURES; A DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF MINIATURE PAINTINGS OF THE JAINA KALPASUTRA AS EXECUTED IN THE EARLY WESTERN INDIAN STYLE; W. NORMAN BROWN; SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FREER GALLERY ORIENTAL STUDIES, NO. 2.

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