Illustrations of the rock-cut temples of India. . Selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore. Drawn on stone by Mr. T. C. Dibdin, from sketches ... made on the spot ... in the years 1838-9 / by James Fergusson, Esq.
James Fergusson (1808-1886)
Category
Books
Date
1845
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3130494
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv,[1],63,[1]p., 10 leaves of plates (some folded) + atlas: 18 leaves of plates . ill.. 8vo & fol.. : Text volume has only 9 plates. Loose inside Atlas: engraving of 'The caves of Elephanta, near Bombay'. Provenance: Gardner Wilkinson Library. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate in album only: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full red cloth; as issued; atlas in quarter red leather, red cloth sides (plates loose in binding)..
Makers and roles
James Fergusson (1808-1886)