Splendours of the Raj : British architecture in India, 1660-1947
1985, First Edition. London : John Murray. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #481133
ISBN: 0719541158
Physical description; 272 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Contents; Two Tombs -- Madras: Vision of Antiquity -- Calcutta: Power on Silt -- Cantonment and Residency -- Bungalows and Hill Stations -- The Devil's Wind -- Bombay: Urbs Prima in Indis -- Saracenic Dreams -- New Delhi: The Rome of Hindostan -- Architectural Reflections. Subjects; Architecture, British India, 1660-1947.
Price: €30.00
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