India Love Poems 1977 Limited Edition of 200. John Piper, Tambimuttu.

India Love Poems 1977 Limited Edition of 200 by John Piper. This is an incredible historical book with very few copies being made. This 1977 copy is in great condition with little wear to the edges of the binding. 

Measures: Height 58cm, Width 39.5cm, Depth 2.8cm.

This edition of India Love Poems is published by Paradine in association with PL Editions Poetry London. The text is taken from the Sanscrit, the Telugu, the Kannada and the Assamese, and the paintings are based on the temple sculptures in Konarak and Khajuraho, the frescoes of Ajanta and Indian iconography from other sites.

In John Piper's words: "The illustrations, to use musical analogies, are variations, rhapsodies or inventions on sculpture and paintings in Indian temples of the Golden Age, from the VIth century to the XIIIth. They are not intended to be representational of the form or colour of the works themselves but are affected by the spirit and purpose of them, and often by particular poses,

Eighteen paintings are reproduced here. The originals of these and additional paintings (forty in all) are for sale with copies of India Love Poems. Reproduction of these originals has been prohibited until the year 2027, except for the purposes of this edition.

The paper is Arches Velin, a French pure rag mould-made. The text has been designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, and the illustrations have been printed by Adrian Lack at the Senecio Press, Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

The binding, which uses pure undyed Tussah silk and Niger morocco, presented in a sandalwood covered case, has been carried out by Alfred Brazier and John Mitchell of Fine Binding.

The edition has been seen through the press by Ridley Burnett and Harold Smith.