JOHN, Piper, & M. J. Tambimuttu.

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India Love Poems. First edition, number 73 of a total 200 copies signed by both Piper and Tambimuttu. This collection of love poetry has been translated from the Sanscrit, the Teluga, the Kannada, and the Assamese into English by Tambimuttu, and illustrated by John Piper, inspired by the temple sculptures in Konarak and Khajuraho, the frescoes of Ajanta and traditional Indian iconography.The text was printed at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, and the lithographic plates at the Senecio Press in Charlbury.

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