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GUJARAT - PALITANA Album of views in Palitana, the Jain temples on Shetrunjaya Hills, and the Thakor's carriages, etc., [1880/90s] image 1
GUJARAT - PALITANA Album of views in Palitana, the Jain temples on Shetrunjaya Hills, and the Thakor's carriages, etc., [1880/90s] image 2
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GUJARAT - PALITANA
Album of views in Palitana, the Jain temples on Shetrunjaya Hills, and the Thakor's carriages, etc., [1880/90s]

3 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,375 inc. premium

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GUJARAT - PALITANA

Album of views in Palitana, the Jain temples on Shetrunjaya Hills, and the Thakor's carriages, etc., 60 albumen prints, mounted recto and verso on card, printed captions pasted below, images approximately 193 x 235mm., original half morocco, lettered in blind "Presented by H.H. The Thakore Saheb of Palitana" on upper cover, worn, oblong 4to, [1880/90s]

Footnotes

Unusual album of good views of the Jain temples on Shetrunjaya Hill (35), general and street views of Palitana, Gujarat (including the mosque, and Shri Bhidbhanan Mahadev temple), and groups important to the the local ruler (State elephant, carriages, Camel Sowars, girls' school).

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