The Archaeology of Hindoo Sumatra

Pp. x, 44; frontispiece photo-plate, 43 black-and-white photos, maps, diagrams and plan-views, 1 large folding temple profile at the end. Later green textured cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, folio (12 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches). From the series: Internationales Archiv fur Ethnographie supplement zu band xxxv. An early study of the archaeology and monuments of Sumatra (mostly from the Srivijayan period) from the about 7th century to the 13th century. The text is in English. There is the faint outline of oval institutional stamps mostly on the rear side of the plates. A previous owner has neatly erased these institutional stamps leaving only a faint outline. This is a rare monograph on the archaeology of island Southeast Asia.