Helen Philon [ed], Pratapaditya Pal - Silent Splendour: Palaces of the Deccan 14th-19th Centuries

Mumbai, Mang Publications, 2010. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce, beautifully illustrated work on the palaces of the Deccan Plateau in South India. The first edition. A very scare work. Illustrated profusely with vignette colour photographs by Clare Arni. This work was edited by Helen Philon, an archaeologist, and provides a detailed architectural study on the palaces of the Deccan Plateau, written by a host of authors such as Pratapaditya Pal, Philon herself and Pushkar Sohoni. The Deccan is located in Southern India and was home to some of the major dynasties in Indian History, with beautiful and ornate palaces throughout the region. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only slight bumping to the extremities. The wrap is also excellent with only minor handling marks and bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Gift inscription to the front blank. Fine . Ill.: Clare Arni. Fine/Near Fine.

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