NY: The Macmillan Company, (1965). Book. Very Good. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, brown simulated leather with gilt title and spine title. 189pp. Illustrated with 77 color plates and 22 black and white figures including 8 cave plans. Tipped in frontispiece of Buddha painting and tipped in second plate. A very good copy with a very faint dampstain at lower corner rarely visible other than as a slight uneveness to paper. A very attractive and useful volume. No dust jacket..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 02640
Title: Ajanta: Ajanta painting of the sacred and the secular.
Author: Singh, Madanjeet
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: F
Publisher: NY: The Macmillan Company, (1965).
Keywords: INDIA, PAINTING, BUDDHA, CAVE, AJANTA, MURAL, FRESCO, INDIAN, HISTORY, RELIGIOUS, RELIGION, BUDDHISM, SACRED, SECULAR, ART
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