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A DISTANT VIEW OF INDIA: BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY (6-7 AUGUST 2025)

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Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India - Lieutenant Henry Hardy Cole - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India

 Henry Hardy Cole, Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans, and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India, London: India Museum, W. H. Allen and co., publishers to the India office, 1869

31, [1] p. plates, 44 mounted carbon autotype prints (numbered 1-44), a lithographed map, and 14 plans; original brown half-leather and orange cloth boards with gold-embossed titles and decorative borders, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom-made half-brown morocco and marbled paper slipcase with decorative gilt rules and title to the spine.
13.25 x 10.25 x 1 in (34 x 26 x 2.5 cm)

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