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L'Inde Francaise - Eugéne Burnof and Eugéne Jacquet - Antiquarian Books Auction
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L'Inde Francaise

EUGENE BURNOUF AND EUGENE JACQUET, L'Inde Francaise: Ou Collection de Dessins representant les Divinites, Temples, Meubles, Ornements, Armes, Ustensiles, Ceremonies Religieuses et Scenes de la Vie Privee, Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, 1827-1835


(Set of 2 Volumes)
Volume I: Title page, dedication page and first leaf of explanatory text, 90 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by C Motte and others after various artists, each with an explanatory leaf of text, list of plates at the end
Volume II: 52 of 54 (2 MISSING) finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by C Motte and others after various artists, each with an explanatory leaf of text; 1; 118 appendix pages and 2 pages of list of plates at the end
Contemporary quarter leather-bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine
42.5 x 30 x 4 cm (each)

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Views of Calcutta Environs - Sir Charles  D`Oyly - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Sir Charles D`Oyly (1781 - 1845)

Views of Calcutta Environs

SIR CHARLES D'OYLY, Views of Calcutta Environs, London: Dickinson & Co, 1848

26 lithographs including 1 lithograph title page; 23 lithograph plates and 2 plates with 2 illustrations in each
Later dark brown leather-bound with gilt border on the front and back covers
68 x 48 x 2.5 cm

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Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore - Robert Hyde Colebrook - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Robert Hyde Colebrook (1762 - 1808)

Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore

ROBERT H COLEBROOK, Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore: The Country of Tippoo Sultan from drawings taken on the spot, To which are annexed, Concise Descriptions of the Places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the Operations of the Army during the late War, and a few other particulars, London: Edward Orme, 1805

Title, dedication and 6 sheets of letterpress text, 12 original hand-coloured aquatint plates, with colour-washed borders by John William Edy, after Colebrook.
Leather bound with gilt text on the front board and at the spine
49 x 65.5 x 1.5 cm

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The Ruins of Mandoo - Captain Claudius Harris and J Guiaud - Antiquarian Books Auction
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The Ruins of Mandoo

CAPTAIN CLAUDIUS HARRIS AND J GUIAUD, The Ruins of Mandoo: The Ancient Mahommedan Capital of Malwah in Central India by J Guiand, of Nice from Original Sketches of captain Claudius Harris of 8th Madras Light Cavalry with Descriptive and Historical Notices, and an Appendix, London: Day and Son, 1859

6 loose colour plates, each measuring 27.5 x 37.5 cm with an off-white mount
Housed in a blue half leather-bound solander box with gilt title to spine
27.5 x 37.5 x 5 cm (box)

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Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard - Major John Luard - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Major John Luard (1790 - 1875)

Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard

MAJOR JOHN LUARD, Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar, Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard, London: J. Graf, printer to Her Majesty, circa 1832-38

244 pages including 1 hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece; 1 hand-coloured lithographed title page; 59 hand-coloured lithograph plates and having a descriptive text for each plate
Half leather-bound with leather corners and new marbled boards with gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands
36.6 x 27 x 3.5 cm

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A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges And Jumna in India - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest - Antiquarian Books Auction
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A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges And Jumna in India

LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES RAMUS FORREST, A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India: Consisting of twenty-four highly finished and coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings made on the spot; with illustrations, historical and descriptive by Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest, late on the staff of His Majesty's service in Bengal, London: R Ackermann, 1824

iv; title page with hand-coloured aquatint vignette on title; folding engraved map, 192 pages including 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Sutherland and G Hunt after Forrest (plate no.3 is a photocopy); hand-coloured aquatint vignette at end of the text
Contemporary leather bound with blind-tooled floral pattern at the front and back boards along with gilt title on the front board and at the spine with 5 raised bands
37 x 30 x 4 cm

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Des Prinzen Waldemar Von Preussen Nach Indien - Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Des Prinzen Waldemar Von Preussen Nach Indien

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, Des Prinzen Waldemar Von Preussen Nach Indien, Berlin: Deckerschen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1853

(4 parts in 2 volumes)
Large folio; tinted lithographed portrait of Waldemar; 2 pictorial tinted lithographed additional titles by Bellermann after Kretzschmer after Prince Waldemar; 4 divisional half-titles; 9 hand-coloured engraved maps and plans on 6 sheets and 104 fine tinted lithographed plates by Bellermann and others. A. Haun and others after sketches and drawings by Prince Waldemar and others (one double-page).
Original brown cloth by Leisegang of Berlin, upper covers decorated in gilt with large Prussian eagle and lettered in gilt
59 x 45 x 4 cm (each)

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