Art of Indonesia, Taurus Parke Books, 1993, HC, Good Folio

Miksic, John (ed.) London: Taurus Parke Books, 1993.

English, English Edition, Good, HC, Folio, 10” x 12 ½,” 239 pp.

ISBN: 1850437467

Black woven cloth over boards, stamped titling to front and spine, glossy red endpapers and pastedowns, in publisher’s full-color photographic dust jacket, gold and white text to front, white text to spine, black text to gold inside gate flaps. 1 ½” tear to spine at back cover, mild pressure indentations to back, minor edgewear, mild soiling to "Table of Contents" page, minor soiling to bottom edge of pages near spine, minor creasing near spine at back endpaper, otherwise clean, tightly bound, and good. In a Very Good dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. Mild shelfwear to front and back, very minor edgewear, minor creasing to back top right corner, otherwise very good. 239 pp. Replete with full-color images. Edited and Translated into English by John Miksic, Essays by Bambang Sumadio et al. “This beautiful book illustrates and discusses the extraordinary treasures of the National Museum of Indonesia. It presents a representative selection of the finest works of art from Indonesia’s prehistoric, classical, Islamic and colonial periods…Seven absorbing and authoritative essays by prominent intellectuals explore the arts and customs of traditional Indonesian societies, throwing a revealing light on the objects themselves” (from the dust jacket).