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

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John Calvert Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: Its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines. Including a Trip over the Lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers John Calvert, Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: Its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines. Including a Trip Over the Lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers, London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1873—First edition 102 pp., including frontispiece (chromolithographic or tinted lithograph?), eight additional full-page plates (geological cross-sections, maps, views), all with accompanying descriptive text; original publisher’s brown pebble-grained cloth, front board stamped in gilt with decorative border and central title; spine titled in gilt. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather and marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt-ruled with floral corner tools and a gilt-lettered spine. 9.25 x 6.25 in (23.5 x 16 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,379 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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