The Sundhya or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins
Sophie Charlotte Belnos, The Sundhya or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins. Illustrated in a series of original drawings from nature, demonstrating their attitudes and different signs and figures performed by them during the ceremonies of their morning devotions, and likewise their poojas , London: Day and Son Lithographers, 1851 25 colour plates each measuring 75 x 58 cm. These are accompanied with a descriptive text annexed to each plate and the Sanskrit prayers translated into English by Mrs S C Belnos; half leather bound with marbled cloth boards, gilt leather title ticket pasted on the front board, gilt title with decorative motif at the spine with 6 raised bands 65.5 x 50 x 3 cm
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Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
$8,000 - 10,670
Winning bid
Rs 6,30,000 |
$8,400
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The Costume and Customs of Modern India
Sir Charles D’Oyly and Captain Thomas Williamson, The Costumes and Customs of Modern India; from a Collection of Drawings by Charles D’Oyly (sic). With a Preface and Copious Descriptions by Captain Thomas Williamson , London: Edward Orme, [circa. 1824, plates watermarked 1821] xxiii; 140 pages including 20 fine colour aquatint plates with tissue guards, each accompanied by descriptive letterpress (mostly on two leaves); contemporary full leather-bound with gilded blind stamped ornate border to the front and back boards along with the blind stamped gilt text and floral pattern along with 5 raised bands at the spine, all edges gilt 29 x 23.6 x 2.5 cm
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Rs 2,25,000 - 2,75,000
$3,000 - 3,670
Winning bid
Rs 5,02,500 |
$6,700
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L'Inde Francaise
Eugène Burnouf And Eugène Jacquet, L'Inde française, ou Collection de dessins représentant les divinités, temples, meubles, ornements, armes, ustensiles, cérémonies religieuses et scènes de la vie privée, faisant connaître les costumes et les diverses professions des peuples hindous qui habitent les possessions françaises de l'Inde et en general la côte de coromandel et le Malabar dessinée et publiée par M M Geringer et Chabrelie, et accompagnée d'un texte explicatif rédigé par M E Burnouf ... et M E Jacquet , Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, 1827-1835 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: Title page, dedication page and first leaf of explanatory text, 90 finely later hand-coloured lithographed plates by C Motte and others after various artists, each with an explanatory leaf of text, list of plates at the end Volume II: 53 of 54 (1 MISSING) finely later hand-coloured lithographed plates by C Motte and others after various artists, each with an explanatory leaf of text; 1; 118 appendix pages and 2 pages of list of plates at the end Contemporary quarter leather-bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine (each) 43 x 30.5 x 4 cm (each)
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Rs 6,00,000 - 7,00,000
$8,000 - 9,335
Winning bid
Rs 6,30,000 |
$8,400
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Line of March of a Bengal Regiment, of Infantry
Frederic Peter Layard, Line of March of a Bengal Regiment , London: Ackermann & Co., [Circa 1845] 1st edition. A booklet with hand-coloured lithograph strip panorama measuring 7.5 x 70.4 cm, consisting of 22 sheets conjoined, concertina-folded into oblong portfolio measuring 9.3 x 33.8 cm; title from label pasted on inside cover. Vignette of a native soldier and palm trees. Lettered to frontispiece "Line of March of a Bengal Regiment of Infantry in Scinde." "H. Alken" "Ackermann & Co. 96, Strand, London" and "Madeley lith, 3, Wellington St. Strand." Folding into publisher's brown cloth covered boards, covers decoratively bordered in blind stamp, upper board with title gilt-lettered and boxed in a custom-made solander box.
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Rs 5,00,000 - 6,00,000
$6,670 - 8,000
Winning bid
Rs 5,10,300 |
$6,804
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Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan
James Fergusson, Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan , London: J Hogarth, 1848 iv, sketch map of India, frontispiece p.17. Bowlee at Boondee, lithographed title page, and 68 pages including 23 other tinted lithographed plates, nos. 3,4 with some colour in addition. No. 5 one tint only coloured, no. 10 one tint only, plates drawn and lithographed by T C Dibdin, from a sketch by J. Fergusson Esqr. and Printed by M and N Hanrart, wood engraved vignettes in text; contemporary full cloth. Ex-library copy of The Flinders University of South Australia 55 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm
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Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
$8,000 - 10,670
Winning bid
Rs 8,77,500 |
$11,700
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Oriental Drawings: Sketched between the Years 1791 and 1798 [Presentation Copy]
Captain Charles Gold, Oriental Drawings: Sketched between the Years 1791 and 1798 , London: Bunney and Co., for G and W Nicoll, 1806 292 pages including 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Gold by John Hassell, Thomas Medland and others, 1 hand-coloured engraved plate, uncoloured aquatint in text; old contemporary half leather binding with cloth boards, spine with label gilt lettered and marbled endpapers. 32.5 x 26.5 x 3.5 cm
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Rs 5,00,000 - 7,00,000
$6,670 - 9,335
Winning bid
Rs 5,63,400 |
$7,512
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Antiquities of Decca
Charles D’Oyly, Antiquities of Dacca , [London: J Landseer, Circa 1814-1827] 20, [8] pages including 15 later hand-coloured engraved plates by John Landseer and others after D'Oyly, one engraved plate of “Facsimile of an Inscription in the Great Kuttra”, 4 half-page later hand-coloured engraved illustrations by Landseer after George Chinnery, all on India proof paper; period green half morocco by Henington, marble paper board covered with gilt-lettered morocco title label on the upper board, marbled end papers and all edges gilt
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Rs 6,50,000 - 7,50,000
$8,670 - 10,000
Winning bid
Rs 6,75,000 |
$9,000
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Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard
Major John Luard, Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar, Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard , London: J. Graf, printer to Her Majesty, circa 1832-38 244 pages including 1 hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece; 1 hand-coloured lithographed title page; 58 hand-coloured lithograph plates and having a descriptive text for each plate; half leather-bound with leather corners and new marbled boards with gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands 36.6 x 27 x 3.5 cm
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Rs 5,00,000 - 6,00,000
$6,670 - 8,000
Winning bid
Rs 5,18,400 |
$6,912
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Illustrations of Rock-Cut Temples of India
James Fergusson, 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 Camera-Lucida in the years 1838-39, by James Fergusson, Esq. , London: John Weale, 1845 1 later hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and 18 later hand-coloured lithograph 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 plates 6, 8, and 15. The work is dedicated by James Fergusson "To the President and Fellows of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland"; original marbled boards with original marble endpapers, top edges gilt 55.5 x 38 x1.5 cm
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Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
$8,000 - 10,670
Winning bid
Rs 6,30,000 |
$8,400
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A Series of Twenty-eight Panoramic Views of Calcutta, Extending from Chandpaul Ghaut to the End of Chowringhee Road, together with the Hospital, the Two Bridges, and the Fort
William Wood, A Series of Twenty-eight Panoramic Views of Calcutta, Extending from Chandpaul Ghaut to the End of Chowringhee Road, together with the Hospital, the Two Bridges, and the Fort , London: William Wood, 1833 24 lithographed plates (of 28) mounted on India paper; contemporary half calf over publisher's printed boards with 5 raised bands at the spine 52.5 x 35 x 1.5 cm
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Rs 7,00,000 - 9,00,000
$9,335 - 12,000
Winning bid
Rs 7,16,400 |
$9,552
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