Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details (6 Volumes)

Samuel Swinton Jacob, Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1890

Part 1: Copings and Plinths, 6 pages of text, 51 lithographed plates
Part 2: Pillars - Caps and Bases, 6 text pages, 79 lithographed plates
Part 3: Carved Doors, 3 text pages, 66 lithographed plates
Part 4: Brackets, 4 text pages, 68 lithographed plates
Part 5: Arches, 2 text pages, 58 lithographed plates
Part 6: Balustrades, 4 text pages, 50 lithographed plates

Approximately 372 lithographed plates, some in colour, mostly black and white; contemporary half calf binding
21.6 x 14.8 in (54 x 37 cm) (each)

Jeypore portfolio of architectural details was prepared under the supervision of Colonel S. S. Jacob C.I.E. Issued under the patronage of His Highness Maharaja Sawai Madhu Singh, G.C.S.I. of Jeypore.

An encyclopedic collection of details compiled by the author at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Issued under the patronage of Maharaja Sawai Madhu Singh, the set was prepared under the supervision of Colonel Samuel Swinton Jacob, Indian Staff Corps, Engineer to the Jeypore State, and Lala Ram Bakhsh, head draftsman and teacher in the Jeypore School of Art, and was photo-lithographed by William Griggs of London, the inventor of photo-chromo-lithography. The Portfolio was intended to serve as a record of the architectural heritage of the Jeypore State and the north-west region of Rajasthan.

As a record, it would "rescue (such) designs from oblivion and give them new life." - Colonel S.S. Jacob

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