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Sustaining Authority in Persian Lithographed Books: Publishers and Printing in North India, c . 1835–57.

During the 1840s and 1850s, lithographic presses in North India published over seven hundred titles in Persian, many of which were reprinted several times over subsequent years. These industries succeeded in drawing newly literate as well as established readerships, who appeared to be interested in...

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Published in:South Asian Studies Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 137 - 149
Main Author: Shah, Zahra
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2017
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Publishing
Lithography
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