The Drawing of Geometric Patterns in Saracenic Art, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 15

Hankin, E.H.

Published by Government of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1925

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Drawing of Geometric Patterns in Saracenic Art, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 15
• Publisher: Government of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta
• Publication Date: 1925
• Language: English
• Binding: Card Covers
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Asian Art
  • Autograph, Author and Ownership Signatures
  • India