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1913 Gardens of the Great Mughals
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce
The scarce first edition of this scarce work.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and thirty-nine further plates by the author, many of which are in colour. Collated, complete.
C. M. Villiers‑Stuart offers a pioneering study of Mughal garden design in India, exploring their architectural form, symbolic layout, and historical context.
Villiers‑Stuart documents key sites such as the gardens of Agra, Delhi, Lahore, and Kashmir, tracing their development under successive emperors.
With an advertisement leaf to the rear.
A fascinating visual narrative of the Mughal Empire's fusion of landscape, art, and imperial ideology.
Condition
Rebacked, with the original back strip laid down, in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Boards bright. Back strip age toned, with loss to head and bumping to tail. Retaining the original endpapers. Hinges strained, and just a touch tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, with the odd spot and instances of handling marks throughout.
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