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Lot No. 33: Moor, Edward.

The Hindu Pantheon

  • Medium: Printed Book
  • Year: 1864
  • Size: 9.8 x 6.2 Inches
  • Place: Madras

Winning Bid : ₹63,360

(Inclusive Buyer's Premium)

Estimate

40,000 - 80,000


Estimate US$

485-975

Ends at Aug 09, 2023 07:32 PM IST

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Moor, Edward.

The Hindu Pantheon

Publisher: J. Higginbotham A new edition, small folio, xiii, 2, 401 pp, 62 plates (4 colored and 3 double page), Contemporary half leather binding, title in gilt on spine. A Rare Madras publication with additional plates of an Important and early writing in English on the Hindu religion. Edward Moor was an early member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and founder member of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was a great collector of Indian Art, bronzes and paintings, and undertook this work in an attempt to provide an iconography of Hindu art. His illustrations were engraved by the artist Houghton and based on objects in his own collection and those of Lord Valentia, Colonel Mackenzie, Lord Arthur Wellesley, "Hindoo" Stuart, and the Museum of the East India Company. Moor's Pantheon comprises descriptions of nearly 2,000 mythological figures including the Hindu Gods. His collection is now in the British Museum, and among others, provides a corpus of bronzes known to have been collected before 1800.
Size: 25 x 15.8 cm (9.8 x 6.2 inches)
Good condition
Provenance:

Keywords: India, History, Rare Book
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0200 52800.00 Regular 09-08-2023 06:08:30 PM IST
2 anon0147 48000.00 Regular 09-08-2023 06:08:07 PM IST
3 anon0200 48000.00 Regular 09-08-2023 06:08:07 PM IST
4 anon0147 43600.00 Regular 09-08-2023 01:08:17 PM IST
5 anon0200 39600.00 Regular 08-08-2023 08:08:17 PM IST
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