Baden-Baden: Holle and Co., 1959. First Edition, 4to (23.5x18cm), 257pp, 36 b/w and 61 color illustrations, in cloth binding with slipcase, title in gilt on front cover and spine.

A thorough exploration of Indonesian art from the neolithic to the 20th century, citing influences of Indian culture, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. Chapters explore music and dance and the art of Bali.

Calcutta: Piyushkanti Das Gupta. Vol. 34, Number 1,2,3 & 4. 4to (16x24.5 cm), 196pp, pictorial paperback 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: All India Students Federation. 1944. First Edition, 4to (26.5x19.5cm), 7pp, 30 plates, recent half leather binding.

Lucknow: Oriental Publishing House, 1952. 4to (16.5x20.5cm), 150+iv pp, in original pictorial binding with dust jacket.

Dedicated to the Memory of My Gurudev Dr. Abanindra Nath Tagore. 

India: Oxford University Press in association with Mapin Publishing. 2004. Folio (32x26cm), 568pp, 79 colour and 285 b/w illustrations, hard cover binding with dust jacket, very good condition.

Contents I. Francois Balthazar Solvyns Life and Work Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. From Antwerp to Calcutta a Flemish Artist in India. 2. Return to Europe Les Hindous. 3. Balthazar Solvyns Artist and Orientalist. 4. Les Hindous preliminary discourse. II. A Portrait of the Hindus 1. Solvyns's Calcutta. 2. Castes and occupations. 3. Dresses of Hindu men and of Hindu women. 4. Servants of the European household in Calcutta. 5. Fakirs and religious mendicants. 6. Musical instruments. 7. Festivals and ceremonies. 8. Sati. 9. Modes of smoking and c. 10. Modes of conveyance. 11. Boats of Bengal. 12. Natural history plants and animals. Indian heads. Appendix I. Solvyns in libraries. Bibliography. Index and Glossary.

Francois Balthazar Solvyn- Was a Belgian by birth. The Flemish artist Francois Balthazar Solvyns, who lived in Calcutta from 1791 to 1803, is little known, but his collection of etchings of the Hindus provide a rich and compelling portrait of India two hundred years ago. These remarkable prints, depicting the people of Bengal in their occupations, festivals, and daily life, and the accompanying descriptive text, are only available in rare book collections.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1923. 8vo (17.5x23.5cm), 124pp, numerous illustrations and photographs, in original blue cloth binding, with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and elephant's head on front panel, very good condition.

Recollections of shikar in India, Blackbuck, Chital, Sambar, Crocodile and Rogue Elephant in India; Black bear in Kashmir and sitting up for tiger on moonlit nights; Deer hunting in Scotland.

Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons's & Co., Pvt Ltd., 1973. Folio (34.5x25.5cm), 168 pages, with 150 large (some col.) plates with descriptions, in original cloth binding with dust jacket, very good condition.

The most beautiful works of art from nine museums (a.o. Indian Museum & Museum of Bengal Folk Art).

Calcutta: Susil Gupta Ltd., 1950. 8vo (12.5x18.5cm), 128pp, in paperback binding, Good condition.

Calcutta: The Visva-Bharati Quarterly, 1942. 4to (17x24cm), 137pp, 60 plates, in original paperback binding with dust jacket, good condition.

Banaras: Bharat Kala Bhavan, 1971-1981. Folio (25x33.5cm). Vol-2: XIV, 323 pp. 1249 illustrations on plates, hardcover cloth binding. Nicely illustrated. A rare set with both Vol- 1: The Golden Jubilee volume & Vol-2 The Felicitation volume. With dust jacket.