Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab, with a Combined Index and Glossary of Technical Vernacular Words

Baden Henry Baden-Powell, Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab, with a Combined Index and Glossary of Technical Vernacular Words, Roorkee: Thomason Civil Engineering College Press, 1868; Lahore: Punjab Printing Company, 1872. First edition. 2 volumes.

Volume I (1868): xxxv, 609 pp., with [28] part-mounted lithographed or wood-engraved plates (some botanical), [16] wood-engraved text illustrations mainly diagram of agricultural specimens, and [2] full-page or fold-out maps showing distribution of flora and administrative divisions, lxxxix
10.5 x 7 x 2 in (27 x 18 x 5 cm)
Volume II (1872): xxxv, 358 pp., with [26] part-mounted lithographed or wood-engraved plates, many depicting manufacturing implements, techniques, and product samples; [14] technical illustrations embedded in text of process diagrams; and [1] fold-out map or technical schematic related to industrial layout or method, xxv
9.75 x 7.25 x 1.25 in (25 x 18.5 x 3.5 cm)
Contemporary half-black morocco over pebbled dark blue cloth-covered boards, spine with five gilt-ruled compartments and gilt-lettered titles; upper covers with double-rule blind borders and elaborate blind-stamped arabesque corner ornaments; new endpapers; edges untrimmed (each)
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