Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at The Fogg Art Museum (offprint from Ars Orientalis Vol. III)

Welch, Stuart C. Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at The Fogg Art Museum (offprint from Ars Orientalis Vol. III). Ann Arbor: Freer Gallery of Art/University of Michigan, 1959. Reprint/Offprint. Large Quarto. 133-146pp. Tan printed wrappers with black lettering on front cover. This is an offprint from vol.3 of the “Ars Orientalis” series, published by the University of Michigan, which documents Middle-Eastern and Asian art. This volume focusses on the brilliantly detailed and evocative painting style of Mughal-era India, as seen through the collection of miniature paintings housed at the Fogg Museum at Harvard University. Includes 14 gorgeous b&w plates of lithographs and photogravures featuring works in the collection, accompanied by relevant and informative text pertaining to each of the paintings. Wrappers with light staining along spine and a some writing in black pen at the top right corner of the front cover. Ex-libris device of the “Library of Norman Hust” stamped at the bottom right corner of front cover. Interior with light stains along the top edge of a few pages and some minor marking in pen on a few of the latter pages. Wrappers in overall good, interior in good+ condition. g to g+ . Softcover. (40575) $30