CONDITION USED LIKE NEW , CHANGING VISIONS , LASTING IMAGES , CALCUTTA THROUGH 300 YEARS, MARG PUBLICATIONS, HARDCOVER,1990

This volume marks the tercentenary of Calcutta. Pratapaditya Pal and contributors from three continents have produced a fascinating and intellectually entertaining collection of articles of considerable art-historical and antiquarian interest. The essays bring to light little-known facts garnered from the observations and paintings of early foreign travellers. The volume documents the intriguing architectural heritage of the city, as well as its many splendid museums of art and archaeology.

It investigates the beginnings of oriental studies, the birth of photography, and contemporary art in Calcutta. The text is embellished with charming vignettes of 19th-century life in the colonial capital.

Pratapaditya Pal is Senior Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He has been the editor of several other Marg volumes.