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Constitution of India - Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar) - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Constitution of India

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar), The Constitution of India, Hathibarkala, Dehra Dun: Survey of India Offices, [1950]

[1] + State Emblem of India or the National Emblem of the Republic of India page + list of illustrations page slightly smaller in size, originally inserted loosely + 1 "Preamble" page + 231 illustrated colour broadside including 22 drawings by Nandalal Bose for each chapter + 2 pages; original full black rexine with gilt title to cover & spine, elaborate gilt decoration to cover, all edges gilt
43 x 32 x 4 cm

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Les Hindous: Ou Description de Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies [Rothschild Collection] - François Balthazar Solvyns - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Les Hindous: Ou Description de Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies [Rothschild Collection]

François Balthazar Solvyns, Les Hindous: Ou Description de Leurs Moeurs, Coutumes et Ceremonies, Paris: Chez l'Auteur & H Nicolle, 1808-1812

Set of 4 volumes
Half-titles in all the 4 volumes, titles with hand-coloured vignettes of views and a portrait of Solvyns, 292 coloured etched plates, 36 double-page mounted on guards, text in French and English, index leaf at end of each volume
Half-bound with contemporary marbled boards with five raised bands and gilt text at the spine
57 x 43 x 5.5 cm) (each)

Provenance: Bibliothèque du baron James de Rothschild.

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