Zimmer,H. The Art of Indian Asia. Its Mythology and Transformations. Completed a…

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Zimmer,H.

The Art of Indian Asia. Its Mythology and Transformations. Completed and ed. by J. Campbell. 2 vols. (New York), Bollingen Series (1960). 4°. With 614 illustrations after photographs by Elior Elisofon a.o. Olwdbde. - 2nd edition. - (=Bollingen Series XXXIX).

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