Bhagavad Gita - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1964
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Bhagavad Gita, The Song Celestial - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1964
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No.1281 of 1500 copies
Printed in Sanskrit on verso and English on opposite recto page.
15 full page colour illustrations tipped-in at the top edge.
Illustrated by Y.G.Srimati who signed the book.
Translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.
15 page introduction by Shri Sri Prakasa.
Ten pages of artist’s notes on the illustrations at back of book.
Designed by S. Ramu.
Printed at the Commercial Printing Press, Bombay.
White endpapers.
Glassine dust-jacket.
Bound in Indian silk hand-woven in a multicolour lotus and mango pattern, gold title label on upper-outer corner of front cover.
Dark red cloth wallet flap enclosure with title printed on edge, gilt image blocked and printed on flap, lined in green felt and closed with a silk ribbon.
364pp. (Page numbering is confusing as English and Sanskrit pages numbered separately).
27x19.4cm.
US$50
Purchased in fine unread condition in 2024. Even the glassine dust-jacket was intact and in fine condition, which for a 60 year old book is amazing! Monthly letter and announcement card laid in.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No.1281 of 1500 copies
Printed in Sanskrit on verso and English on opposite recto page.
15 full page colour illustrations tipped-in at the top edge.
Illustrated by Y.G.Srimati who signed the book.
Translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.
15 page introduction by Shri Sri Prakasa.
Ten pages of artist’s notes on the illustrations at back of book.
Designed by S. Ramu.
Printed at the Commercial Printing Press, Bombay.
White endpapers.
Glassine dust-jacket.
Bound in Indian silk hand-woven in a multicolour lotus and mango pattern, gold title label on upper-outer corner of front cover.
Dark red cloth wallet flap enclosure with title printed on edge, gilt image blocked and printed on flap, lined in green felt and closed with a silk ribbon.
364pp. (Page numbering is confusing as English and Sanskrit pages numbered separately).
27x19.4cm.
US$50
Purchased in fine unread condition in 2024. Even the glassine dust-jacket was intact and in fine condition, which for a 60 year old book is amazing! Monthly letter and announcement card laid in.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
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The breadth of the LEC output continues to impress.
There are so many things about this book to like; the artistic style, the wallet flap enclosure, the condition and the price. I know of one or two LEC’s with dual language format in a different alphabet but they are rare.
What a find! Well done.
There are so many things about this book to like; the artistic style, the wallet flap enclosure, the condition and the price. I know of one or two LEC’s with dual language format in a different alphabet but they are rare.
What a find! Well done.
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