Calcutta: Bidyut Ranjan Basu, Santiniketan Press, Santiniketan, Birbhum. Tagore Centenary Number. Vol. 26, Number 3 and 4. 4to (17x24.5cm), 364+XLIVpp, in original pictorial binding.

 
The Visva-Bharati is a quarterly journal of Vishva Bharti University which was founded by Rabindranath Tagore located in West-Bengal, has been the alma mater of several prominent personalities of the national movement in India. Tagore coined the name Visva-Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India.

 

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1930. 4to (19x28cm), 65+viii pp, 45 illustrations, in original binding, title in gilt on front cover and spine.

Calcutta: Indian Society of Oriental Art, 1844. Published simultaneously in the Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art Vol. XII. First Edition, 4to (23.5x28cm), 30pp, 14 full-page mounted plates, 5 are in color. In-text drawings, smaller illustrations (one in color), photographic portrait of the artist as a frontispiece. Gray paper covers with titling, mounted illustration.  

One of the first books published on this artist. Scarce.

 

Parag Books's high quality, illustrated new book, Gwalior, Scindias & Their Sardar Oligarchs" by Prof. Anant rao Rajwade and curated by Ashok Agrawal is a lavishly produced fabulous book.

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Size: 10" x 11 3/4" Large format, xi + 286pp., illustrated with 11 maps, 301 photographic and 109 other illustrations, hardbound. ISBN: 978-81-936721-0-5.

This book chronicles the families of the famed Scindia rulers of the kingdom of Gwalior in Central India and their Oligarchs. The Princely state of Gwalior was one of the five biggest independent kingdoms of British India, accorded a 21 gun salute. The Scindias were one of the most powerful and influential rulers from the late 18th to mid- 20th century India. It covers Maharaja Scindia and the Princely State of Gwalior. Beginning with a short introductory write-up about the princely states of the Indian sub-continent, it is followed by a pictorial introduction to the Gwalior state and greater Gwalior city, the Scindia Dynasty and the growth of the 37 Sardar-Oligarch families of Gwalior.

A detailed write-up about the royal house of Scindias with rare historical facts, anecdotes, fables and legends, connected with members of the family, followed by an introduction to the historical build-up of the Gwalior Oligarchy will hold the reader spell bound. An extensive account of the privileges, honours, titles of the ruler and of his Sardar-Oligarchs is detailed by the author, himself a descendant of the Sardar Rajwade family.

A historical background and comparative introduction has been drawn of the three contemporary dynasties viz. the Shivajis, Peshwas and later Mughals. The book also has detailed historical accounts with genealogical charts of the thirty-seven Sardar-Oligarch families of Gwalior who looked after the administration of Gwalior under the authority and leadership of Maharaja Scindias.

The book is lavishly illustrated with historical and contemporary images and is a visual treat. The book is a collectors item and would be a pride of the owners.

Reviews of the book: "An interesting illustrated history of the Gwalior Court. I have personally known the last three generations of the Scindias. The Book is also valuable as a sociological study of the feudal order that has now disappeared" Dr Karan Singh

"We know something about the princely families but not enough about their feudatory sardars and jagirdars. This large-Format book by an accomplished mathematician, mystic and proud member of a distinguished Sardar family evokes an era when two fifths of India was under their rule and which is largely forgotten in today's democratic India." --- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound, The Difficulty of Being Good, and Kama, the Riddle of Desire.

"The Marathas, who all but became the rulers of India in the 18th century, it is surprising that no historian has devoted enough research to produce an entire volume on them. This thorough pictorial work on them is timely because many of the memories are still alive. This book is unputdownable ! --- Aman Nath, historian and architectural restorer.

Parag Books's high quality, illustrated new book, ?Gwalior, Scindias & Their Sardar Oligarchs" by Prof. Anant rao Rajwade and curated by Ashok Agrawal is a lavishly produced fabulous book. Size: 10" x 11 3/4" Large format, xi + 286pp., illustrated with 11 maps, 301 photographic and 109 other illustrations, hardbound. ISBN: 978-81-936721-0-5. This book chronicles the families of the famed Scindia rulers of the kingdom of Gwalior in Central India and their Oligarchs. The Princely state of Gwalior was one of the five biggest independent kingdoms of British India, accorded a 21 gun salute. The Scindias were one of the most powerful and influential rulers from the late 18th to mid- 20th century India. It covers Maharaja Scindia and the Princely State of Gwalior. Beginning with a short introductory write-up about the princely states of the Indian sub-continent, it is followed by a pictorial introduction to the Gwalior state and greater Gwalior city, the Scindia Dynasty and the growth of the 37 Sardar-Oligarch families of Gwalior. A detailed write-up about the royal house of Scindias with rare historical facts, anecdotes, fables and legends, connected with members of the family, followed by an introduction to the historical build-up of the Gwalior Oligarchy will hold the reader spell bound. An extensive account of the privileges, honours, titles of the ruler and of his Sardar-Oligarchs is detailed by the author, himself a descendant of the Sardar Rajwade family. A historical background and comparative introduction has been drawn of the three contemporary dynasties viz. the Shivajis, Peshwas and later Mughals. The book also has detailed historical accounts with genealogical charts of the thirty-seven Sardar-Oligarch families of Gwalior who looked after the administration of Gwalior under the authority and leadership of Maharaja Scindias. The book is lavishly illustrated with historical and contemporary images and is a visual treat. The book is a collectors item and would be a pride of the owners. Reviews of the book: "An interesting illustrated history of the Gwalior Court. I have personally known the last three generations of the Scindias. The Book is also valuable as a sociological study of the feudal order that has now disappeared" Dr Karan Singh "We know something about the princely families but not enough about their feudatory sardars and jagirdars. This large-Format book by an accomplished mathematician, mystic and proud member of a distinguished Sardar family evokes an era when two fifths of India was under their rule and which is largely forgotten in today's democratic India." --- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound, The Difficulty of Being Good, and Kama, the Riddle of Desire. "The Marathas, who all but became the rulers of India in the 18th century, it is surprising that no historian has devoted enough research to produce an entire volume on them. This thorough pictorial work on them is timely because many of the memories are still alive. This book is unputdownable ! --- Aman Nath, historian and architectural restorer.

London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1925. 4to (19x26cm), 285+xxx pp, 136 illustrations, 8 maps, In original cloth binding, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Signed by Curzon The Viceroy of India.

New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1996. 8vo (12x18.5cm), 99pp, one folded map, in harcover binding, good condition.

New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998. 8vo (14.5x22.5cm), In two Volumes, 1-450pp, 2-521pp, with 68 b/w illustrations and numerous line drawings, hard cover binding with dust jacket.

The present reprint of Fergusson's History of Indian and Eastern Architecture is being brought out to meet the growing demand from scholars for whom this book is still the basic work of reference on Indian Architecture. In the preface to the second edition (1910) of this work James Burgess wrote, "Though descriptions of Indian monuments may be written in various ways, no one could pretend to take up the systematic study of Indian Architecture without the aid of this work, and no history of Architecture can be scientifically written without appropriating the principles Mr. Fergusson showed how to apply." This work, in a way, fulfils the desire of Fergusson. In the Preface to the first edition of the book (1876) the author expressed his desire to open an hitherto unknown field of Indian Architecture and to "give an impulse to its study, and assist in establishing Indian Architecture on a stable basis, so that it may take its true position among the other great styles which have ennobled the arts of mankind." It is needless to go into the merits of the present work. Fergusson covered in his study of Indian Architecture the vast range of time and space. Tracing the Indian Architecture from its remote antiquity, Fergusson covered the entire panorama of India with its diverse monuments including even the contemporary modes.

 

First ever ‘Giant-Size’ re-publication of highly rare aquatint engravings of the Himalayan mountains by the celebrated 19th century British artist James Baillie Fraser. Foreword by William Dalrymple, text by Robert Hutchison.

 

Production Keynotes:

• First ever large-scale reproduction of the finest series of aquatint engravings of Himalayan views ever produced.
• Limited Edition of 400 copies, of which 300 are numbered and signed.
• Reproduced from extremely rare original hand coloured aquatints engravings, originally published in 1820 in London by Rodwell & Martin, showing views of the Himalaya Mountains in all their grandeur.
• Volume further enhanced with Foreword by William Dalrymple & valuable text by Robert Hutchison, an acclaimed authority on the region.
• High quality printing at Heidelberg, Germany, on lithographic paper.
• Each giant portfolio size (54 x 70 cm) is hand bound and gilded on fine leather.
• Comes with handmade slipcase bound in canvas and lined in velvet cloth.
• No expense has been spared in this reproduction to achieve the same quality of the original work.

 

Contents:

• 21 full colour plates of great natural & historical significance.
• One full-page map of India with beautiful vignettes.
• One map of north India with vignettes.
• One route map.

 

Binding:

Exquisitely hand-bound in leather with gold decoration on front cover and spine.

 

Slip-case:

Hand-made slipcase bound in canvas cloth and lined in fine velvet cloth.

 

ISBN:  78-81-921513-0-4     

 

Price: US$ 2195  Order now to avail fully insured complimentary world wide delivery by DHL.   

   

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