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Description, Travel, and History
Forster, George, d. 1792. A Journey from Bengal to England, Through
the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and
Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea. London: R. Faulder, 1798. 2 v. [Vol.1
contains a folding map of the journey from Lolang to St. Petersburg.]
DS7.F73
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste,
1605-1689. Les Six Voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Ecuyer Baron d'Aubonne,
en Turquie, Perse, et aux Indes,... . Suivant la copie, imprimee a Paris,
1692. 2 v. [Text in French. Vol. 1 includes Kandahar (S. Afghanistan), shown
in a b & w folding illustration. Text is followed by a table of contents;
Vol. 2: Text interspersed with numerous, b & w folding illustrations preceded
by a table of contents.]
DS411.5.T14 1692
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste,
Baron d'Aubonne, 1605-1689. Les Six Voyages de Jean Bapt. Tavernier, Ecuyer
Baron d'Aubonne,... . A la Haye: Henri Scheurleer, 1718. 3 v. (2 pts.
each). [Text in French. Vol. 1, part 2: Kandahar shown in a folding illustration.]
DS411.5.T14
Painting and Calligraphy
Rowland, Benjamin, 1904- . The Wall-Paintings of India, Central Asia &
Ceylon;... . Boston: Printed at Merrymount Press, 1938. [Portfolio containing
a text of 94 pages, and 30 color plates and b & w illustrations from Afghanistan
(Bamiyan, Kabul, Miran), Ceylon, and India (Ajanta, Bagh, Polonnaruva). Also
included is a chapter on the influence of such art on the Far East in which
the Amida Trinity from Horyuji, Nara, Japan is illustrated.]
xND2815.R6
Textiles
Tilke, Max, 1869-1942. Kostumschnitte und Gewandformen; eine Ubersicht
der Kostumschnitte und Gewandformen aller Zeiten und Volker bom Altertum bis
zur Neuzeit. Tubingen: E. Wasmuth, 1945. [German text, 128 plates, includes
the history of costumes throughout many countries of the world.]
GT513.T5
Other
Migeon, Gaston, 1861-1930. Les Arts Decoratifs Mvsvlmans. Paris: Editions
Albert Morance, 1929. [Text in French. Contains b & w plates of various
media from countries that experienced Muslim influence during some period
in their history. Plates 56 and 59 are of textiles from Herat, a city in Afghanistan.
A Central Asian artifact can be found on plate 6.]
xNK1270.M5
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