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MYSORE, ANDRA PRADESH, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850
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A TREATISE ON THE GAME OF CADURANGA
MYSORE, ANDRA PRADESH, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850
In Sanskrit written in Telugu script, comprising title with the image of a tiger within decorative border, leaf of dedication to Krishna Wadiyar III within decorative border, 8 leaves with illustrations of the board in colours and gold with captions, and final page of postscript, bound with 16 pages of printed text and in gilt-blocked slate-blue cloth; with four printed hand-coloured tables on paper and one printed on silk, two laid down on cloth, each with text explaining the table and instructions to the game
Folio 11 5/8 x 8in. (29.4 x 20.3cm.); each table 17 ¾ x 12 ¾in. (45 x 32.5cm.)
MYSORE, ANDRA PRADESH, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1850
In Sanskrit written in Telugu script, comprising title with the image of a tiger within decorative border, leaf of dedication to Krishna Wadiyar III within decorative border, 8 leaves with illustrations of the board in colours and gold with captions, and final page of postscript, bound with 16 pages of printed text and in gilt-blocked slate-blue cloth; with four printed hand-coloured tables on paper and one printed on silk, two laid down on cloth, each with text explaining the table and instructions to the game
Folio 11 5/8 x 8in. (29.4 x 20.3cm.); each table 17 ¾ x 12 ¾in. (45 x 32.5cm.)
来源
Christie's, 5 June 1996, lot 167
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