This illustrated book provides an account of the architectural and topographical history of Calcutta, which in 1990 celebrates the 300th anniversary of its foundation. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same title at The British Library, its illustrations are drawn mainly from the collection of plans, prints and drawings at the India Office Library and 25 are reproduced in colour. A work of reference for historians of India and the architecture of the Raj, it also has much to interest the general reader, print ...
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This illustrated book provides an account of the architectural and topographical history of Calcutta, which in 1990 celebrates the 300th anniversary of its foundation. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same title at The British Library, its illustrations are drawn mainly from the collection of plans, prints and drawings at the India Office Library and 25 are reproduced in colour. A work of reference for historians of India and the architecture of the Raj, it also has much to interest the general reader, print collectors and those who know modern Calcutta. J.P.Losty is curator in charge of prints and drawings at the India Office Library and the author of "The Art of the Book in India", 1982 and "Indian Book Painting", 1986.
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Add this copy of Calcutta, City of Palaces to cart. $62.81, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by The British Library Publishing Division.
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The British Library Publishing Division
Published:
01/01/1990
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17982164499
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Add this copy of Calcutta, City of Palaces to cart. $62.95, very good condition, Sold by The Hungerford Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hungerford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by The British Library Publishing Division.
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The British Library Publishing Division
Published:
1990
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18115783613
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardback with unclipped dust jacket, which has some minor edgewear. Clean and unmarked inside. 136 p. Contains: Unspecified. Includes Unspecified. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Calcutta-City of Palaces: a Survey of the City in the to cart. $202.95, fair condition, Sold by RareNonFiction, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1990 by The British Library / Arnold Publishers.
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The British Library Publishing Division
Published:
1990
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17265119772
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Fair in Fair dust jacket. 0712302042. 136 pages. Index. Bibliography. Published to celebrate the 300th birthday of Calcutta, this book provides "an account of its growth from a trading station of mud huts into a city whose beauty excited the admiration of all visitors...The author has drawn upon a wide range of contemporary accounts of the city and its inhabitants to provide a counterpoint to this visual evidence, giving often charming insights into the way the British conducted themselves in such strange surroundings."-from dust jacket. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. Few light pencil markings to contents. Usual library markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy.; 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Calcutta India History Pictorial.
