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Panorama of Calcutta, taken from the Ochterlony Monument on the Maidan - Sache and Westfield - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Panorama of Calcutta, taken from the...
Albumen print mounted on linen
9 x 74.5 in (22.8 x 189.2 cm) (when opened)

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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 - Sophie Charlotte Belnos - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Sophie Charlotte Belnos (1795 - 1865)

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

Belnos (Mrs S[ophia] C[harlotte]), 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. Together with a Descriptive Text annexed to each Plate, and the Prayers from the Sanscrit, translated into English, 1st edition, [London: Day & Son], 1851

Hand-coloured lithographic vignette title page, 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates each measuring 75 x 58 cm, a preface leaf, 21 leaves of descriptive text annexed to each plate, and the Sanskrit prayers translated into English by Mrs S C Belnos; original half green cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, corners also bound in matching green cloth; large green printed title label mounted to upper cover, ruled and lettered in black within a double-line border. The institutional ownership stamp of Königliche Hof- und Staatsbibliothek, Bayern (Royal Court and State Library of Bavaria) is stamped on the inner board.
24.25 x 17.5 in (61.5 x 44.5 cm)

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The Pagoda of Hallibeed, Illustrated by Fifty-Six Photographic Views with Descriptive Letterpress - Richard Banner Oakeley - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Richard Banner Oakeley (1834 - 1914)

The Pagoda of Hallibeed, Illustrated by Fifty-Six Photographic Views with Descriptive Letterpress

Richard Banner Oakeley, The Pagoda of Hallibeed, Illustrated by Fifty-Six Photographic Views, with descriptive letter-press, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1856-1857

Contemporary half morocco, title gilt-lettered on original morocco label on front board, edges gilt, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, the bands highlighted in gilt, lettered in gilt in the second compartment. Letterpress title, errata leaf, and explanatory leaf of text to each plate; all prints and leaves laid down
19.75 x 12.75 x 1.75 in (50.2 x 32.4 x 4.7 cm)

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