The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology. Revised by the author and translated by L.A. & F.W. Thomas with a Preface by the Latter.
by Foucher, A
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Paris and London: Paul Geuthner and Humphrey Milford, 1917., 1917. First printing. Tall heavy 4to. Color frontispiece spread. xvi, 316 + [1] page Plate. Illustrated with 50m plates. Half-calf binding with marbled papers over boards; marbled endpapers. SIGNED by the author and dated 1918. From Wiki: "Alfred Charles Auguste Foucher (18651952), a French scholar, identified the Buddha image as having Greek origins. He has been called the "father of Gandhara studies", and is a much cited scholar on ancient Buddhism in northwest Indian subcontinent and the Hindu Kush region." The spine is abraded with surface leather wear, wear at the extremities, else tight, very good; pages bright. Scarce signed.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology. Revised by the author and translated by L.A. & F.W. Thomas with a Preface by the Latter.
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- Foucher, A
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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- Paris and London: Paul Geuthner and Humphrey Milford, 1917.
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- 1917
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