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Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings - Anonymous  - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings

Anonymous, Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings, London: Printed for E. Williams, 11 Strand, Bookseller to the King, and to the Duke and Duchess of York, and Sold by All Other Booksellers, 1820.

363 pages with engraved title vignette and 3 large folding maps/plans, including: Sketch of the General Position of the British Army, during the late Mahratta Campaign, Sketch of the Battle of Mahudpoor, Dec. 21st, 1817,? and Rough Sketch of the Ground Plan of Asserghur its Outworks, Pettah & c.; contemporary marbled paper boards, sympathetically rebacked in modern brown morocco; spine ruled in gilt, with direct-lettered gilt title.
8.5 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.7 x 14 x 2.5 cm)

Ink ownership inscription on the half-title: “Ex Libris Maria Cowes, St. Martin’s House, Jersey,” and a later signature on the title page.

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The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper (Vols. V & VI, July 1857 – June 1858) - Anonymous  - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper (Vols. V & VI, July 1857 – June 1858)

Anonymous, The Illustrated Times, London: David Bogue, 1857–1858

2 volumes (Volume V: July–December 1857; Volume VI: January–June 1858)

Volume V, comprising nos. 115–142, 4 July–26 December 1857, continuously paginated: [viii], 448 pp. Contents as follows:
No. 115 (4 July): viii, 16 pp.; Nos. 116 & 117 (11 July): pp. 17–48; No. 118 (18 July): pp. 49–64; No. 119 (25 July): pp. 65–80; No. 120 (1 August): pp. 81–96; No. 121 (8 August): pp. 97–112; No. 122 (15 August): pp. 113–128; No. 123 (22 August): pp. 129–144; No. 124 (29 August): pp. 145–160; No. 125 (5 September): pp. 161–176; No. 126 (12 September): pp. 177–192; No. 127 (19 September): pp. 193–208; No. 128 (26 September): pp. 209–224; No. 129 (3 October): pp. 225–240; No. 130 (10 October): pp. 241–256; No. 131 (17 October): pp. 257–272; No. 132 (24 October): pp. 273–288; No. 133 (31 October): pp. 289–304; No. 134 (7 November): pp. 305–320; No. 135 (14 November): pp. 321–336; No. 136 (21 November): pp. 337–352; No. 137 (28 November): pp. 353–368; No. 138 (5 December): pp. 369–384; No. 139 (12 December): pp. 385–400; Nos. 140 & 141 (19 December): pp. 401–432; No. 142 (26 December): pp. 433–448.

Volume VI, comprising nos. 143–169, 2 January–26 June 1858, continuously paginated: [viii], 452 pp. Contents as follows:
No. 143 (2 January 1858): viii, 16; No. 144 (9 January): pp. 17–32; No. 145 (16 January): pp. 33–48; No. 146 (16 January): pp. 49–72; No. 147 (23 January): pp. 73–88; No. 148 (30 January): pp. 89–108; No. 149 (6 February): pp. 109–132; No. 150 (13 February): pp. 133–148; No. 151 (20 February): pp. 149–164; No. 152 (27 February): pp. 165–180; No. 153 (6 March): pp. 181–196; No. 154 (13 March): pp. 197–212; No. 155 (20 March): pp. 213–228; No. 156 (27 March): pp. 229–244; No. 157 (3 April): pp. 245–260; No. 158 (10 April): pp. 261–276; No. 159 (17 April): pp. 277–292; No. 160 (24 April): pp. 293–308; No. 161 (1 May): pp. 309–324; No. 162 (8 May): pp. 325–340; No. 163 (15 May): pp. 341–356; No. 164 (22 May): pp. 357–372; No. 165 (29May): pp. 373–388; No. 166 (5 June): pp. 389–404; No. 167 (12 June): pp. 405–420; No. 168 (19 June): pp. 421–436; No. 169 (26 June): pp. 437–452
Hundreds of pages profusely illustrated with wood engravings throughout most of them by Soltykoff, including dramatic double-page war scenes, courtly portraits, satirical vignettes, and detailed architectural views; contemporary fine bindings of half black morocco over marbled paper boards, spines gilt in five compartments with gilt text. (each)
39 x 27 cm (each)

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