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 25 Aug 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Modern Traveller - Arabia
Volume 4
By Josiah Conder (1789-1855)
Published James Duncan, London - 1830

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 21 Aug 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah
By Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Published by G.P.Putnam & Co., New York - 1856

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 30 Jul 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
On the ancient coins and measures of Ceylon : with a discussion of the Ceylon date of the Buddha's death
By Thomas William Rhys Davids
Published by Trubner & Co., London - 1877

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 27 Apr 2015 Rare Manuscripts
Priest's Manual
Nepal, 15th century

Opaque watercolor and ink on paper

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 27 Apr 2015 Rare Manuscripts
Three Folios from a Book of Iconography
Nepal, 15th century

Opaque watercolor and ink on paper

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 27 Apr 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Tibet and Nepal
Painted and described by A. Henry Savage Landor
Published by Adam and Charles Black, London - 1905

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 27 Apr 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Picturesque NEPAL
By Percy Brown
Published by Adam and Charles Black, London - 1912

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 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Temple of Mahadeo at Pasupati in Nepal -1856

Watercolour of the temple of Mahadeo at Pasupati in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), c. 1850-1863. The image is inscribed on the reverse: 'Temple of Maha Deo, Pushputtinath'.

The artist, Dr Oldfield, was Residency Surgeon at Khatmandu fr... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Temple at Pashupatinath in Nepal - 1853

Drawing of a Hindu temple at Pashupatinath in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated April 1853. The image is inscribed on the back in ink: 'Pushupatinath, Nepal April. 1853'; and in pencil; 'Mt Yhassa in distance.'

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 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Interior courtyard of monastery at Lalitpur (Patan) in Nepal - 1854

Watercolour of the interior courtyard of monastery at Lalitpur (Patan) in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), c.1855. The image is inscribed on the front in ink:' H.A. Oldfield. Nepal'; and on the back: 'Interior of Na... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Durbar at Bhaktapur in Nepal - 1854

Watercolour of the Durbar at Bhaktapur in Nepal by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated 1854. The image is inscribed on the front in ink: 'H.A. Oldfield. Nepal'; and on the back in pencil: 'The Durbar Bhatgaon 1854.'

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 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Thappatalli, the Residence of Maharaja Jang Bahadur at Kathmandu in Nepal - 1852

Watercolour of Thappatalli, the Residence of Maharaja Jang Bahadur at Kathmandu in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated December 1852. The image is inscribed on the front in ink: 'H.A. Oldfield. Nepal... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Photographs
Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu - 1863

Photograph of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu; part of a collection of albumen prints taken by Clarence Comyn Taylor between 1863-65, which constitute the earliest photographs of Nepal. Taylor, a soldier in the East India Company's army, was badly w... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
The Golden Gate in the Durbar at Bhaktapur in Nepal - 1854

Watercolour of the Golden Gate in the Durbar at Bhaktapur in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated c.1854. This image is the original drawing for the illustration facing page 128 of Volume I of Oldfield's 'Sketches from Nip... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Sketches from NIPAL - Historical and descriptive, with anecdotes of the court life and wild sports of the country in the time of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G. C. B.
By Henry Ambrose Oldfield
Published by W.H.Allen & Co., London - 1880
In Two Volumes

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 26 Apr 2015 Rare Photographs
Darbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal - 1870

Photograph of the Darbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1870s, from the Bellew Collection of Architectural Views. The largest city in Nepal, Kathmandu is the capital. It developed and prospered due to its strategic situati... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
The Durbar, or Royal Palace, at Lalitpur (Patan) in Nepal - 1855

Watercolour of the Durbar, or Royal Palace, at Lalitpur (Patan) in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated c.1855. The image is inscribed on the front in ink:' H.A. Oldfield. Nepal'; and on the back with notes.

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 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
Temple of Bhimsen at Bhaktapur in Nepal - 1853

Watercolour of the Temple of Bhimsen at Bhaktapur in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose Oldfield (1822-1871), dated c.1853. This image is inscribed on the back in ink: 'No. 10. Temple of Bhimsun Bhatgaon'.

Bhaktapur, the 'City of Devotees' is 11 km east of Ka... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Photographs
Market Place in Kathmandu, Nepal - 1901

Photograph of a scene in Kathmandu, Nepal, from an album of 30 prints credited to Herzog and Higgins, taken in ca. 1901 and part of the Curzon Collection. Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal and its largest town, is situated on the Bagmati river. The town grew... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Photographs
A view of Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal - 1901

Photograph with a view of Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, from an album of 30 prints credited to Herzog and Higgins, taken in ca. 1901 and part of the Curzon Collection. The largest city in Nepal, Kathmandu is the capital. It developed and pr... Read More
 26 Apr 2015 Rare Paintings
The Parade Ground, Kathmandu, with the Dharahara tower - 1845

Pencil, wash and watercolour of the Parade Ground at Kathmandu in Nepal, part of the Lawrence Collection, by an anonymous artist working in the Nepalese school, c. 1843-1846. Inscribed on the front in pencil: 'No. 8. (c) Badge of 1st ... Read More