Piper, John (illustrator) and Tambimuttu (author)
India Love Poems
£819
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
London: Paradine, 1977. Out-of-series copy from the edition of 200, signed by Piper and Tambimuttu, large folio, original cloth-backed patterned paper boards, edges untrimmed, 18 lithographic plates in colours after John Piper, text and plates printed on Arches Velin
Footnote
Note: 'The text is taken from the Sanscrit, the Telugu, the Kannada and the Assamese, and the paintings are based on the temple sculptures in Konarak and Khajuraho, the frescoes of Ajanta and Indian iconography from other sites' (limitation leaf). The text was printed at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, and the plates at the Senecio Press in Charlbury.