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• Art of Asia. (Philosophical Library, 1954), by Elena Rubisova (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wiener beiträge zur Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Asiens. (Krystall., 1926), by Verein der Freunde Asiatischer Kunst und Kultur in Wien (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Studien zur Kunst des Ostens. Josef Strzygowski zum sechzigsten Geburtstage von seinen Freunden und Schülern (Avalun-Verlag, 1923), by Josef Strzygowski and Heinrich Glück (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of Indian and Eastern architecture forming the third volume of the new edition of the "History of Architecture". (J. Murray, 1876), by James Fergusson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Gandhara, Kutscha, Turfan; eine Einführung in die frühmittelalterliche Kunst Zentralasiens (Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1925), by Ernst Waldschmidt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bilderatlas zur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Mittel-Asiens. (D. Reimer [etc.], 1925), by Albert von Le Coq (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Iskusstvo Sredneĭ Azii (T͡Sentr. izd-vo narodov SSSR, 1927), by B. P. Denike (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Starina i bytʹ Sredneĭ Azīi. (Obrazovanīe, 1917), by Milīĭ Dostoevskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Starina i byt Sredneĭ Azīi (Izd. T-va "Obrazovanīe", 1917), by Milīĭ Dostoevskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Iskusstvo Vostoka : ocherk istorii musulʹmanskogo iskusstva / B. Denike ; s 11 fototipii︠a︡mi. (Izd. Kombinata Izd-va i pechati A.T.S.S.R., 1923), by B. P. Denike (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Die bildende Kunst des Ostens : ein Überblick über die für Europa bedeutungsvollen Hauptströmungen. (W. Klinkhardt, 1916), by Josef Strzygowski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Ornement slave et oriental d'après les manuscrits anciens et modernes (Kartograficheskoe zavedenīe A.A. Ilʹina, 1887), by V. V. Stasov, Emperor of Russia Alexander II, and Kartograficheskoe zavedenīe A. Ilʹina (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Kunstgewerbe des Ostens : Aegypten, Vorderasien, Islam, China und Japan (Kunstwissenschaft, 1923), by Ernst Cohn-Wiener (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Europa--Ostasien; religiöse skulpturen. (G. Kiepenheuer, 1922), by A. Salmony (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The influence of Indian art on Cambodia and Java ... (Calcutta Univ. Press, 1922), by A. Foucher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Ueber fremde einflüsse in der chinesischen kunst (G. Hirth, 1896), by Friedrich Hirth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources (J.Murray, 1927), by Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• De l'expression des voeux dans l'art populaire chinois ... (Éditions Bossard, 1922), by Édouard Chavannes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die kunst Ostasiens; der umkreis ihres denkens und gestaltens (Insel-verlag, 1920), by Curt Glaser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Annotated outlines of the history of Chinese arts (Freer gallery of art, Smithsonian institution, 1949), by Freer Gallery of Art, Archibald Gibson Wenley, and Grace Dunham Guest (page images at HathiTrust)
• China. (Folkwang-verlag, 1921), by Bernd Melchers and Ernst Fuhrmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notes sur quelques artistes des six dynasties et des T'ang (Librairie et imprimerie ci-devant E. J. Brill, 1923), by Paul Pelliot (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The flight of the dragon : an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources (J. Murray, 1911), by Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Einführung in die Kunst des Ostens (Im Avalun-Verlag, 1922), by Ernst Diez (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The flight of the dragon; an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources. (Murray, 1911), by Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mission archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale. (E. Leroux, 1909), by Edouard Chavannes, Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (France), and France. Ministère de l'éducation nationale (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• China, its history, arts, and literature. (J.B. Millet, 1902), by F. Brinkley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Kunst Ostasiens : der Umkreis Ihres Denkens und Gestaltens (Insel-Verlag, 1922), by Curt Glaser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The flight of the dragon; an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan (J. Murray, 1922), by Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mission archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale. Planches. (Imprimerie nationale, 1909), by Édouard Chavannes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Si-Ling; étude sur les tombeaux de l'Ouest de la dynastie des Ts'ing (E. Leroux, 1907), by E. Fonssagrives (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Kunst Ostasiens : der Umkreis Ihres Denkens und Gestaltens (Insel-Verlag, 1913), by Curt Glaser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mission archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale (E. Leroux, 1909), by Edouard Chavannes, Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (France), and France. Ministère de l'éducation nationale (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Utställning af kinesisk konst och konsthandtverk i Stockholm 1914. (Kungl. Hofboktr. Iduns Tryckeri- A.-B., 1914), by Stockholm (Sweden). Kungliga Akademien för de Fria Konsterna (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Japan and China: their history, arts and literature (T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1903), by F. Brinkley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The flight of the dragon : an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources (J. Murray, 1914), by Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pictorial arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of the associated arts, and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1886), by William Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The flight of the dragon; an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources (J. Murray, 1914), by Laurence Binyon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Thank God for tea!" trade between Canton and New York, 1785-1860 (1955), by Brooklyn Museum and George J. Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kwan Yin: Een boek van de Goden en de Hel (in Dutch), by Henri Borel (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals (London et al.: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924), by Benoytosh Bhattacharyya
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• Journal of Indian art v.5-17 (W. Griggs & Sons., between 1000 and 1999), by Thomas Holbein Hendley and Fred H. Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lucknow exhibition, 1885. Catalogue of Departments A & B. Held in Canning college, Kaisar Bagh. (London printing press, 1885), by Lucknow University. Canning college (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the Indian collections in the Museum of fine arts, Boston (Museum of fine arts, 1923), by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of Indian art. (Dutton, 1920), by E. B. Havell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grundzüge der indischen Kunst (Avalun-verlag, 1924), by Stella Kramrisch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Himalayas in Indian art (J. Murray, 1924), by E. B. Havell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Indische Kunst. (F. Hirt, 1923), by Otto Höver (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Historical researches on the origin and principles of the Bauddha and Jaina religions : embracing the leading tenets of their system, as found prevailing in various countries; illustrated by descriptive accounts of the sculptures in the caves of western India, with translations of the inscriptions of Kanari, Karli, Ajanta, Ellora, Nasik, &c. which indicate their connexion with the coins and topes of the Panjab and Afghanistan (Printed at the American Mission Press, 1847), by James Bird (page images at HathiTrust)
• Portfolio of Indian art : objects selected from the collections of the museum (E.W. Weyhe; [etc., etc.], 1923), by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Buddhistische Kunst in Indien (De Gruyter, 1920), by Albert Grünwedel and Albert Grünwedel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue of the objects of Indian art exhibited in the South Kensington Museum ... Illustrated by woodcuts, and by a map of India showing the localities of various art industries. (Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1874), by Henry Hardy Cole, William Tayler, and South Kensington Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of Indian art (J. Murray, 1920), by E. B. Havell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The dance of Śiva; fourteen Indian essays (Sunwise Turn, 1918), by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Essays on Indian art, industry & education. (Natesan, 1907), by E. B. Havell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ABC of Indian art (S. Paul, 1922), by J. F. Blacker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ideals of Indian art. (Dutton, 1912), by E. B. Havell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the Museum of archaeology at Sārnāth (Superintendent government printing, 1914), by Museum of Archaeology at Sārnāth, J. Ph. Vogel, and Sahni Daya Ram (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ideals of Indian art (J. Murray, 1911), by E. B. Havell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The aims of Indian art. (Essex House Press, 1908), by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tree and serpent worship: or, Illustrations of mythology and art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ. (India museum, W.H. Allen and Co., publishers to the India Office, 1873), by James Fergusson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The industrial arts of India. (Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1884), by George C. M. Birdwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The S. S. Howland collection of Buddhist religious art in the National museum (Govt. print. office, 1906), by Immanuel M. Casanowicz and United States National Museum. Howland collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ideals of Indian art (Dutton, 1920), by E. B. Havell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Indian art and art-crafts (Theosophical Publication House, 1923), by W. D. S. Brown, T. G. Kiruṣṇacāmi Piḷḷai, R. Srinivasan, and Stella Kramrisch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Introduction to Indian art : containing thirty-four illustrations (Theosophical Publishing House, 1923), by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kunstform und yoga im indischen Kultbild (Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, a. g., 1926), by Heinrich Robert Zimmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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