PASSAGES TO INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH RARE BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND LETTERS (24-26 JULY 2024)

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Major George F L Marshall and Lionel De Niceville The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon [3 Volumes] Major George F L Marshall and Lionel De Niceville, The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon: A Descriptive Handbook of all the known species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border; with numerous illustrations, Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press, 1882-1890 In 3 volumes Volume I: Colour frontispiece chromolithograph by Messrs. West, New man & Co. + 17 black-and-white autotype plates by the Autotype Company of London + many black-and-white engravings by George Pearson; 1882 Volume II: black-and-white frontispiece and 8 black-and-white autotype plates by the Autotype Company of London; 1886 Volume III: Colour frontispiece chromolithograph and 1 more plate by Messrs. West, New man & Co. + 5 black-and-white autotype plates by the Autotype Company of London; 1880 Half leather board with gilt text at the spine with 4 raised bands (each). Original floral golden endpapers in Volume 2 and 3. Each plate drawn by Babu Grish Chunder Chuckerbutty and Babu Behari Lall Das. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,205 - 1,810 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,446 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Pieter Mortier (1661 - 1711) Carte Particuliere d‘une Partie d‘Asie... Circa 1700 Copper engraving on paper Map Size: 24.8 x 35.8 in (63 x 91 cm) With Mount: 31.1 x 42.1 in (79 x 107 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,205 - 1,810 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,880 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Franz Anton Schrambl (1751 - 1803) Erster Theil der Karte von Asien welche ... Franz Anton Schraembal, Erster Theil der Karte von Asien welche die Türkei, Arabien, Persien Indien diesseits des Ganges und einen Theil der Tatarei enthält [2 sheet Map], 1786 Rare two sheet later hand-coloured copper engraved mounted map of India, Persia and Arabia. Northern Sheet: 15.9 x 31.1 in (40.5 x 79 cm) (Without Mount) 22.2 x 37.5 in (56.5 x 95.5 cm) (With Mount) Southern Sheet: 17.1 x 31.1 in (43.5 x 79 cm) (Without Mount) 23.5 x 37.5 in (59.7 x 95.5 cm) (With Mount) Will form a huge map of 37 x 31.1 in (94 x 79 cm) approximately, when both the sheets are joined together.	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $905 - 1,205 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $940 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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James Rennell and Jean-Nicolas Bauche Recueil de Cartes Geographiques, pour la description de l‘indoostan; par le major J Rennell, ingenieur et arpenteur general dans le Bengale James Rennell and Philippe Bauche, Recueil de cartes géographiques, pour la description de l’Indostan (18th Century Maps of Hindoostan), Paris: Chez Poignée, An VIII [1799/1800] 40 pages, Atlas, alone, four large folding engraved maps, six engraved folding maps and one plan of various sizes. The four large folding engraved maps are forming the 'Carte de L'Indostan ou de L'Empire Mogol', the oulines are contemporary hand-coloured, most of them folded; new binding with marbled boards retaining the original spine 29 x 22.5 x 2.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000 $1,510 - 1,810 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,50,000 \| $1,807 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Major Alexander Dirom (1757 - 1830) A narrative of the campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792. With maps and plans illustrative of the subject, and a view of Seringapatam. By Major Dirom, deputy adjutant general of His Majesty‘s forces in India Major Alexander Dirom, A narrative of the campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792. With maps and plans illustrative of the subject, and a view of Seringapatam. By Major Dirom, deputy adjutant general of His Majesty's forces in India, London: Printed by W Bulmer and Co. and sold by G Nicol, Pall-Mall; and J Sewell, CornHill, 1794, second edition xv, [1], 300 pages including frontispiece View of Seringapatam, 7 engraved plates and 2 engraved map; full leather binding 27.5 x 22.2 x 3.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,205 - 1,810 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,446 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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William Julius Mickle (1734 - 1788) The Lusiad; Or, the Discovery of India: An Epic Poem translated from The Original Portuguese of Luis De Camoens William Julius Mickle, The Lusiad; or the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camöens. By William Julius Mickle, Oxford: Jackson and Lister, 1776, first edition [xii], clxvii, 484pp. (482pp. as there is an error in paging, pages 153 - 154 omitted - see SABIB); full leather bound with spine decorated in gilt 28 x 23.5 x 4.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 80,000 $725 - 965 Details	Winning bid Rs 66,000 \| $795 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 35

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Joseph Guibal Mes Croisieres aux Indes. Ceylan, Zanzibar, Le Kénia, L‘Afrique Orientale, L‘Egypte, La Palestine, La Syrie et la Méditerranée. Avec soixante treize illustrations Joseph Guibal, Mes Croisieres aux Indes. Ceylan, Zanzibar, Le Kénia, L'Afrique Orientale, L'Egypte, La Palestine, La Syrie et la Méditerranée. Avec soixante treize illustrations (My Cruises to India. Ceylon, Zanzibar, Kenya, East Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Syria and the Mediterranean. With seventy-three illustrations) , Montpellier, 25 March 1946, 2nd edition 222 pages enriched with 12 original watercolors or gouaches in colour, some signed, by the painter Gaston Astier along with 106 photographic plates and 14 reproductions of the painters’ watercolours; representing scenes of wild animals and caravans; half-leather bound with marbled boards and 5 raised bands at the spine, marbled end papers enclosed in a slipcase 23 x 19 x 4 cm This is copy number 6 from a limited edition of 10 numbered copies. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $905 - 1,205 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $940 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Anonymous Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911 + Durbar Souvenir, 1911-12 a) Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911, Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911 387 pages with 2 folding heliozincographed plans in end pocket, including plan of durbar arena and large colour map of city showing durbar area, camping areas for various contingents, show grounds, and arena. Title page printed in red and black; original red cloth, front board lettered in gilt with George V's cypher in gilt, blind panels to boards, purple surface-paper endpapers. 15.6 x 10.5 x 1.3 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,810 - 2,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,880 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 62

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Johnston and Hoffmann "Souvenir of the Royal Visit to Calcutta Presented by Maharaj-Kumar Sir Prodyot Coomar Tagore", Tagore Castle, Calcutta, January 1906 [Presentation Copy] Johnston and Hoffman, Souvenir of the Royal Visit to Calcutta Presented by Maharaj-Kumar Sir Prodyot Coomar Tagore, Calcutta: Tagore Castle, January 1906 12 mounted platinum print photographs by Johnston & Hoffmann and a lithographic title page, all mounted on rectos of stiff card leaves, with printed captions and credits at the foot; images measuring 18 x 31 cm or similar, except for three smaller ones (approximately 10 x 15 cm); contemporary morocco gilt with gilt text at the spine; all edges gilt 29.2 x 43 x 2.5 cm Author-signed presentation inscription to the title in honour of Mr. R.T. Greer. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,810 - 2,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,880 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance [Along with a Fore-edge Painting] Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842, 20th edition 396 pages; green full morocco, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, intricate design patterns on both the boards a beautiful, engraved goblet within borders, a sumptuous copy 23.5 x 16.2 x 3.5 cm The leather-bound volume is adorned with a fore-edge painting depicting a scene of a passage to the Red Fort, Old Delhi with persons on foot, horse, and elephant in a common area in front of a palace and other structures with ogival-domed roofs. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,810 - 2,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,880 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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