Published by Archaeological Survey Of India, New Delhi, 1998
Language: English
Seller: Prabhu Book Exports, Gurgaon, HR, India
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Add to basketBINDING - Hardcover. Condition: CONDITION - Used/ Good. Reprint Of 1925 Edition. 25 Pages Plus 14 Plates. Previous Owner's Name On Title Page.
Published by White Lotus Press, New Delhi, 1998
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Drawing of Geometric Patterns in Saracenic Art (No. 15). Book.
Published by Government of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1925
Language: English
Seller: Interquarian, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ii, 25, XIV plates, original printed card covers. Plates of Indian buildings and drawings by Hankin of the different types of geometric decoration and how the designs are generated. One of the earliest attempts to investigate "penrose tiling". Hankin was a bacteriologist by profession working in India who was credited with being one of the first discoverers of bacteriophage activity in the Ganges and Jumna rivers. He also wrote on bird flight and aeronautics. Signed on the front cover by Hankin who presented this copy to Eileen Power, of Girton College, founder of the Economic History Review, who visited and wrote on Europeans in India. Slight toning of cover and loss to spine. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Author(s).