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GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE: A jesuit Painter at the Court of the Chinese Emperors

Charles E. Tuttle Company, Publishers, Rutland, VT. and Tokyo: 1971

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Oblong quarto. 10 x 11.25". 204pp. Incl. illustrated catalogue at rear with 126 works described, seal inscriptions, biographical and bibliographical notes and index at rear. Nicely illustrated with tipped-in color plates and b&w text illustrations. yellow silk cloth binding. Pages have some yellowing to edges as does lightly worn dust jacket.

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CITIES OF THE EASTERN ROMAN PROVINCES

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THE BABURNAMA: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor

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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

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