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Collection of Voyages and Travels - John  Churchill - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Collection of Voyages and Travels

JOHN CHURCHILL, Collection of Voyages and Travels: Some now first printed from original manuscripts. Others translated out of foreign languages, and now first publish'd in English, London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704

(Volume 3 only)
3 parts in 1 volume as issued, each with own section title dated 1703; pagination and register continuous, the third part (Baldaeus) with engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title-page; 33 engraved folding plates including maps; plans, views and orthographical tables of the Tamil language; numerous engraved vignettes in the text, several full-page
Contemporary calf leather along with decorative gilt spine
32 x 22 x 8 cm

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Illustrations of Rock-Cut Temples of India - James  Fergusson - Antiquarian Books Auction
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James Fergusson (1808 - 1886)

Illustrations of Rock-Cut Temples of India

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JAMES FERGUSSON, Illustrations of Rock-Cut Temples of India: Selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore. Drawn on stone by Mr T C Dibdin, from sketches carefully made on the spot, with the assistance of the Camera-Lucida in the years 1838-39, by James Fergusson, Esq., London: John Weale, 1845

1 Lithographed frontispiece and 18 lithographed plates; two plates with two scenes, after Fergusson by T C Dibdin. All plates are captioned as 'From A Sketch by Jas. Fergusson Esqr.' (except title plate and plate XI) and signed as drawn and lithographed by T C Dibdin and printed by M and N Hanhart. Each numbered plate carries the publisher's imprint of John Weale - except plate 6, 8, 15. The work is dedicated by James Fergusson "To the President and Fellows of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland".
Original brown cloth with gilt lettering
55.5 x 38 x1.5 cm

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Books on Maps of India (Set of 2) - Trelawney  Saunders - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Trelawney Saunders (1808 - 1886)

Books on Maps of India (Set of 2)

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TRELAWNEY SAUNDERS, An Atlas of Twelve Maps of India: Illustrating the Mountains and River Systems; the Irrigation; Civil Divisions, Population and Languages; Railways, Roads, Telegraphs, Post Offices, Ports, etc. Military commands and posts, famines, meteorology; crops; forests, and one-inch surveys. Accompanied by tables and notes, London: Edward Stanford, 1889

377 pages including 12 Maps with tables and notes including one double-page folding map
Original cloth board with fresh spine
59 x 35.5 x 1.5 cm

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(Set of 12) - Joseph Conder, R Montgomery Martin,  Sir Lepel Griffin et al - Antiquarian Books Auction
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(Set of 12)

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JOSEPH CONDER, The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description. Geographical, Historical, and Topographical of the Various Countries of the Globe, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin: Printed for James Duncan; Oliver and Boyd, M Ogle and R M Tims, 1828

(Set of 4 Volumes)
Volume I: 359 pages and folded map
Volume II: 372 pages and 3 plates
Volume III: 390 pages and 5 plates
Volume IV: 376 pages and 7 plates
Half leather bound
15 x 9.5 x 3 cm (each)

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