Palm-Leaf and Paper, Illustrated Manuscripts of India and Southeast Asia, by John Guy

First Edition. 96 pages, foreword by Professor M.C. Ricklefs, Monash University History Department, preface by author, map of area and manuscripts were sourced, introduction by author, Essay " The care and conservation of Palm-Leaf and Paper illustrated Manuscripts " by O.P. Agrawal. Coloured Illustrated frontispiece, being a reproduction of a folio " Dewa Ruci " manuscript from Java. The text is illustrated with coloured photographs and numerous black-and-white illustrations from the exhibition. Illustrated front cover being " Bhagavata Purana -- Yasoda Nursing the Child Krsna " against a white background with red and black writing on the front panel and white on the spine. A little scuffing to the book corners and the white of the background has faded a little. Bumping to the top spine edge and there is rubbing and a crease down the full length of the spine. The spine has also become quite sun faded. A catalogue put out by the National Gallery of Victoria to celebrate the " Palm-Leaf and Paper; Illustrated Manuscripts of India and South-east Asia " exhibition of 1982. This is the first Australian edition.