A sumptuously illustrated narrative tracing the rise and fall of India's leading royal house through the dramatic fortunes of their crown jewels. Famed since antiquity as a supreme source of jewels, India's kings, with the help of western jewelers, created magnificent symbols of power and prestige.
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A sumptuously illustrated narrative tracing the rise and fall of India's leading royal house through the dramatic fortunes of their crown jewels. Famed since antiquity as a supreme source of jewels, India's kings, with the help of western jewelers, created magnificent symbols of power and prestige.
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Seller's Description:
Collectable-Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 9780865652187. Near Fine/VG 1st ed 2000 Assouline / Vendome hardback, unclipped DJ, substantial illustrated volume. Some edge-wear and light creasing to jacket only, bright and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 086565218X. ISBN/EAN: 9780865652187. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092200.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Silver stamped gray cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [10.75" x 13.75"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ gently rubbed, has laminate bunching to front flap, now in archival mylar wrap. THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. This is a fine hardcover copy with a ver good dust jacket with a bit of wear at the top of the spine and a few light scuff marks. Completely clean. This monograph tells the story of the rise of the Mughal Empire in India in the fifteenth century and the gems and jewellery the rulers possessed through four centuries when they began to lose their power and their magnificent jewellery. Illustrated throughout in color. Maps. Bibliography. 14" high X 11" wide, 205 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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VG/VG. Gray paper boards, black & red & pictorial dust jacket, 208 pp., many color & BW illus., weighs 5.5 lbs. Tells the story of Indian "kings and their jewels, beginning with the rise of the magnificent Mughal empire in the fifteenth century and tracing it through to the extinction of monarchy in India four hundred years later." (dj flap) Stunningly illustrated.
