The Art Heritage of India. Comprising Indian Sculpture and Painting and Ideals of Indian Art

Havell, E. B. The Art Heritage of India. Comprising Indian Sculpture and Painting and Ideals of Indian Art. Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1964. Second revised. Quarto. xiii, 199pp. Original green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Revised edition with notes by Pramod Chandra. Extraordinary collection of color reproduction of paintings, protected by tissue guards, augmented with b/w photographs and drawings of intricate sculptures, paintings, including mural and miniature, throughout. Offers discourse on the “Future of Indian Art” and the “Ideals of Indian Art.” Very good condition with traces of usage on binding, two stamps of Piccadilly Book Stall Bookstore in New Dehli on free front endpaper, and light age-toning. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. g+ to vg. Hardcover. (38374) $65