Exquisite Collection of Calcutta Prints ...
a) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A view of Chandpal Ghat
April 1824
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.5 x 17 in (32 x 43.3 cm)
Sheet size: 17.7 x 21.7 in (45 x 55.3 cm)
With Mount: 17.9 x 21.9 in (45.5 x 55.7 cm)

b) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A view of Government House, from the Eastward
1826
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.5 x 17 in (32 x 43.3 cm)
Sheet size: 15.8 x 21.7 in (40.2 x 55.3 cm)
With Mount: 17.9 x 23.6 in (45.5 x 60 cm)

c) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of the Botanic Garden House and Reach
June 1, 1824
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.5 x 17 in (32 x 43.3 cm)
Sheet size: 15.8 x 21.7 in (40.2 x 55.3 cm)
With Mount: 17.9 x 21.9 in (45.5 x 55.7 cm)

d) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A view of Writers Buildings from the Monument at the West End
1824
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.2 x 17.2 in (31 x 43.8 cm)
Sheet size: 18.1 x 23.2 in (46 x 59 cm)
With Mount: 19.2 x 23.8 in (48.8 x 60.5 cm)

e) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of Government House from the Court House Street, taken from the House of Johnson & Co.
1826
Hand-coloured aquatint pasted on board
Print size: 12.7 x 17.3 in (32.5 x 44 cm)
Sheet size: 14.7 x 19.6 in (37.5 x 50 cm)
With Mount: 21 x 25.9 in (53.5 x 66 cm)

f) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of Barrackpore House with the Reach of the River
1826
Hand-coloured aquatint mounted on board
Print size: 12.4 x 17.3 in (31.5 x 44 cm)
Sheet size: 13.9 x 19.4 in (35.5 x 49.5 cm)
With Mount: 20.4 x 25.7 in (52 x 65.5 cm)

g) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of the Town Hall
1825
Hand-coloured aquatint mounted on board
Print size: 12.7 x 17.3 in (32.5 x 44 cm)
Sheet size: 17.9 x 24.4 in (45.5 x 62 cm)
With Mount: 21 x 25.9 in (53.5 x 66 cm)

h) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of the Scotch Church from the gate of Tank Square
March 1, 1825
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.7 x 17.3 in (32.5 x 44 cm)
Sheet size: 11.8 x 21.8 in (30.2 x 55.5 cm)
With Mount: 18.7 x 23.4 in (47.5 x 59.5 cm)

i) F C Lewis after James Baille Fraser
View of Andrew's Church from Mission Row
March 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.5 x 17 in (32 x 43.3 cm)
Sheet size: 15.8 x 21.4 in (40.2 x 54.5 cm)
With Mount: 17.9 x 21.9 in (45.5 x 55.7 cm)

j) T Fielding after James Baille Fraser
A View of Courthouse Street, from Near the South Eastern Gate of Government House
March 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
Print size: 12.4 x 17.1 in (31.5 x 43.5 cm)
Sheet size: 13.5 x 19.4 in (34.5 x 49.5 cm)
With Mount: 19.8 x 25.7 in (50.5 x 65.5 cm)

k) F C Lewis after James Baille Fraser
A View of the Loll Bazaar, from opposite the House of John Palmer Esq.
June 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.4 x 17.2 in (31.5 x 43.7 cm)
Sheet size: 17.7 x 23.3 in (45 x 59.4 cm)
With Mount: 19.2 x 23.8 in (48.8 x 60.5 cm)

l) F C Lewis after James Baille Fraser
View of St. John's Cathedral
March 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.2 x 17 in (31 x 43.3 cm)
Sheet size: 15.5 x 21 in (39.5 x 53.5 cm)
With Mount: 17.9 x 21.9 in (45.5 x 55.7 cm)

m) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of Calcutta from a point opposite to Kidderpore
June 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint mounted on board
Print size: 12.5 x 17.1 in (32 x 43.5 cm)
Sheet size: 14.5 x 19.8 in (37 x 50.5 cm)
With Mount: 20.8 x 25.7 in (53 x 65.5 cm)

n) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of Serampore from the Park at Barrackpore
June 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint mounted on board
Print size: 12.7 x 17.3 in (32.5 x 44 cm)
Sheet size: 17.9 x 24.4 in (45.5 x 62 cm)
With Mount: 21 x 25.9 in (53.5 x 66 cm)

o) Robert Havell Jr. after James Baille Fraser
A View of the west side of the tank square
July 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint mounted on board
Print size: 12.2 x 17.1 in (31 x 43.5 cm)
Sheet size: 12.9 x 18.8 in (33 x 48 cm)
With Mount: 19.4 x 25.1 in (49.5 x 64 cm)

p) F C lewis after James Baille Fraser
A View of the Black Pagoda on the Chitpore Road
July 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint on board
Print size: 12.5 x 17 in (32 x 43.3 cm)
Sheet size: 17.7 x 21.7 in (45 x 55.3 cm)
With Mount: 17.9 x 21.9 in (45.5 x 55.7 cm)

q) F C lewis after James Baille Fraser
A View in the Bazar leading to the Chitpore Road
August 1826
Hand-coloured aquatint mounted on board
Print size: 12.4 x 17.1 in (31.5 x 43.5 cm)
Sheet size: 13.3 x 19.3 in (34 x 49.2 cm)
With Mount: 19.8 x 25.5 in (50.5 x 65 cm)

(Set of seventeen)

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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Oriental Scenery. One Hundred and Fifty Views of the Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindoostan

Thomas and William Daniell, Oriental Scenery. One Hundred and Fifty Views of the Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindoostan, London: for the authors, 1816

6 parts in one volume
Letterpress title-page, 40 pages of letterpress descriptive text; 6 aquatint section titles, 144 aquatint plates; all bound in on stubs. 20th-century quarter red morocco, marbled boards
36.5 x 30 x 7.5 cm
39.2 x 32 x 10.5 cm (with slipcase)
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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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