Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 114 78 O.C.GANGOLY Masterpieces of Rajput Painting. Calcutta: Rupam 1926. 45.0 x 33.0 cm Rs. 90,000 - 125,000 $ 1,915 - 2,660 79 W.G.ARCHER Indian Miniatures. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1960 38.8 x 29.2 cm. Cover: Grey coloured cloth covering with author & title printed on a separate piece of paper and pasted on the cover and spine. Frontispiece: Masterpieces of Rajput Painting Selected, annotated and described in relation to original Hindi texts from religious literature , with an introduction by O.C.Gangoly, Editor: “Rupam” Binding: The book has a “Folio Structure” and the leaves of the book are not bound at any end. The loose leaves are cut, stacked and held together by the cover which is in the form of a box /package. Illustrated with 52 plates and corresponding text on separate pages. 28 colour plates and 24 handmade photogravures. Printed on the inside page: This edition is limited to 210 copies. This copy is number 130. Condition of book : Good. Cover : Sky blue coloured cloth cover with gold tooling of title. 16 pages of printed text with 100 illustrations, 50 of which are in colour. Condition of book: Good. Rs. 25,000 - 35,000 $ 530 - 745