Nala & Damayanti

London: A.M. Philpot, 1926.

Original quarter vellum over gold boards, spine lettered in gold. Ten colour plates by Zenker. Illuminated capitals at the beginning of each chapter. Corner slightly rubbed and mild soiling to the spine. A VB+ copy, limited to 1000 copies. A beautifully-illustrated love story from the Indian epic 'Mahabharata' about King Nala and his wife Damayanti; Nala loses his kingdom in a game of dice and has to go into exile in the forest with his faithful wife Damayanti, whereupon he leaves her. Separated from each other, the two have many adventures before they are finally reunited and Nala regains his kingdom.