Buy this book on-line Foucher, A : The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology. Revised by the author and translated by L.A. & F.W. Thomas with a Preface by the LatterParis and London: Paul Geuthner and Humphrey Milford, 1917., 1917
First printing. Tall heavy 4to. Color frontispiece spread. xvi, 316 + [1] page Plate. Illustrated with 50m plates. Half-calf binding with marbled papers over boards; marbled endpapers. SIGNED by the author and dated 1918. From Wiki: "Alfred Charles Auguste Foucher (18651952), a French scholar, identified the Buddha image as having Greek origins. He has been called the "father of Gandhara studies", and is a much cited scholar on ancient Buddhism in northwest Indian subcontinent and the Hindu Kush region." The spine is abraded with surface leather wear, wear at the extremities, else tight, very good; pages bright. Scarce signed.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Foucher, A : The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology. Revised by the author and translated by L.A. & F.W. Thomas with a Preface by the Latter. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, libri rari, fine bindings, livres rares and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |