BEACH, Milo Cleveland, and Ebba KOCH. The King of the World. The Padshahnama. An Imperial Mughal Manuscript From the Royal Library Windsor Castle. London, Azimuth and Sackler Gallery, 1997.
Large 4to. Original illustrated card wrappers; pp. 247; highly illustrated; ownership inscription to half-title, edges with minimal wear; a good copy.
First edition, the paperback issue, of this splendid exhibition catalogue. Written by Abdul-Hamid Lahawri, the Chronicle of the King of the World was produced for the Mughal Emeror, Shah-Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal.
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