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
12.5 x 8.75 in
(32 x 22 cm)
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Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000
$5,715 - 7,145
Winning bid
Rs 4,80,000 |
$6,857
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Illustrations of Rock-Cut Temples of India
a) 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
21.75 x 15 in
(55.5 x 38 cm)
Estimate
Rs 3,00,000 - 4,00,000
$4,290 - 5,715
Winning bid
Rs 3,60,000 |
$5,143
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Books on Maps of India (Set of 2)
a) 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
23.25 x 14 in
(59 x 35.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000
$1,430 - 1,790
Winning bid
Rs 2,40,000 |
$3,429
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(Set of 12)
a) 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)
0.5 x 0.5 in
(1 x 1 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,25,000 - 1,75,000
$1,790 - 2,500
Winning bid
Rs 2,55,360 |
$3,648
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