Les Legendes Civaites de Kancipuram. Analyse de textes et iconographie.
Pondichery, Institut Francais d'Indologie, 1964. xviii, 152 + 99 pp. Illus. with 49 b/w plates and one folding map. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Publications de l'Institut Francais d'Indologie No. 27. Minor chip to the tail of spine else a very good copy, old price inked to corner of front wrapper, text clean, plates bright. Item #30423
A wealth of information on these localized legends. Contains a full resume of an 18th century Tamil version of a sthanamahtmya of the city. Nearly a 100 photos of architectural details, buildings, reliefs. Index of proper names.
Price: $75.00