Percy Brown — Indian Architecture (Islamic Period)

Bombay, Taraporevala's Treasure House of Books, 1964. Cloth. A fourth edition of this highly illustrated study of Indian architecture in the Islamic Period. Fourth edition. With over two hundred and fifty illustrations across one hundred and twenty-five plates. Collated complete. A masterly review of Indian architecture from the Islamic Period extending to every development of ideas of architecture in India and the sources from which they were derived. With chapters on the Delhi or Imperial style, provincial styles of the Punjab, Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Deccan, Kashmir, the Mughul Period, and Medieval palaces. With reference to the buildings of Sher Shah Sur. Written by Percy Brown, a renowned British scholar, artist, art critic, historian and archaeologist, noted as an author on Indian architecture and art, especially for his studies on Greco-Bactrian art. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor lifting to the cloth in places. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear with a 2" closed tear to the front fly leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Good.