A DISTANT VIEW OF INDIA: BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY (6-7 AUGUST 2025)

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Lot 4

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Anonymous Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings Anonymous, Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings, London: Printed for E. Williams, 11 Strand, Bookseller to the King, and to the Duke and Duchess of York, and Sold by All Other Booksellers, 1820. 363 pages with engraved title vignette and 3 large folding maps/plans, including: Sketch of the General Position of the British Army, during the late Mahratta Campaign, Sketch of the Battle of Mahudpoor, Dec. 21st, 1817,? and Rough Sketch of the Ground Plan of Asserghur its Outworks, Pettah & c.; contemporary marbled paper boards, sympathetically rebacked in modern brown morocco; spine ruled in gilt, with direct-lettered gilt title. 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.7 x 14 x 2.5 cm) Ink ownership inscription on the half-title: “Ex Libris Maria Cowes, St. Martin’s House, Jersey,” and a later signature on the title page. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Details	Winning bid Rs 54,000 \| $621 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 16

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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) The Book of the Sword Sir Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto & Windus, 1884 [2], xxxix, [1], 299, [1] pp. With 293 black and white illustrations in the text; original publisher’s deluxe binding in bevelled tan cloth, decorative stamping to the upper cover with an elaborate panel design featuring a central illustration of a sword in relief, flanked by geometric motifs and stylised borders, incorporating orientalist and mediaeval elements reflective of Burton’s thematic interest. The spine lettered and ruled in gilt, featuring the title and author’s name in a single compartment; floral or scabbard motif. Housed in a custom modern slipcase of green morocco-backed cloth over boards, gilt-ruled and titled along the spine. 10.5 x 7.5 in (27.1 x 18.9 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $865 - 1,150 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,103 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 18

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Johannes Janssonius (1588 - 1664) Asia recens summa cura delineata 1641 Later hand-coloured copper engraving on paper Map size: 14.75 x 19.5 in (37.5 x 49.5 cm) Sheet size: 15.25 x 20.25 in (39 x 51.5 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 57,600 \| $662 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 19

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Guillaume de L’isle (1675 - 1726) Carte des Indes et de la Chine. Dressée ... Circa 1720 Original hand-coloured copper engraving on paper 24.25 x 24.5 in (61.5 x 62 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 54,000 \| $621 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 22

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Jan Barend Elwe (b.fl.1785-1809) Partie de la Nouvelle Grande Carte des... Circa 1792 Later hand-coloured copper engraving on paper 21 x 24.25 in (53.5 x 61.5 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 57,600 \| $662 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 49

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Multiple Authors Untitled [A Group of Five Rare Colonial Indian Cookery Books] a) Mrs. Grace Johnson, Anglo-Indian and Oriental Cookery, London: W.H. Allen & Co., Ltd., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W., Circa 1890s viii, 208 pp.; original publishers cloth binding 7.25 x 5 in (18.5 x 13 cm) b) A Thirty-Five Years’ Resident, The Indian Cookery Book: A Practical Handbook to the Kitchen in India, adapted to the Three Presidencies; Containing Original and Approved Recipes in Every Department of Indian Cookery; Recipes for Summer Beverages and Home-Made Liqueurs, Medicinal and Other Recipes; Together with a Variety of Things Worth Knowing, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co.; Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ld.; Madras: Higginbotham & Co., reprinted 1901 123 pp., original publishers’ cloth binding 7.25 x 5 in (18.5 x 13 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $865 - 1,150 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $897 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 67

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C R Day The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India C R Day, The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan, London and New York: Novello, Ewer and co, 1891 173 pages, including an introduction by A J Hipkins and 17 chromolithograph plates by William Gibb; vellum bound with gilt text to the front board and leather title ticket pasted at the spine. Housed in a custom-made half-brown morocco and marbled paper slipcase with decorative gilt rules and title to the spine. 13 x 10.5 in (33.5 x 27 cm) This is the deluxe edition limited to 700 copies and 50 artists' proofs. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 80,000 $690 - 920 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $897 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 68

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Thomas Holbein Hendley and Fred H Andrews The Journal of Indian Art: Indian Carpets and Rugs, Volume XI, Nos.89-94 Thomas Holbein Hendley and Fred H Andrews, The Journal of Indian Art: Indian Carpets and Rugs, Volume XI, Nos. 89-94, London: W. Griggs & Sons, April 1906 10 pages, 82 black and white and 18 colour chromolithographic plates; contemporary half maroon morocco over dark red pebble-grain cloth-covered boards; gilt title at the spine; marbled edges 14.5 x 11 x 1 in (37.5 x 28 x 2.5 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Details	Winning bid Rs 54,000 \| $621 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 85

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Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [Illustrated by Asit Kumar Haldar] Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Filtzgerald version), Allahabad: The Indian Press Limited, 1930 Sixteen-page ribbon-bound booklet of Khayyam's quatrains and twelve colour plates done by Asit Kumar Haldar tipped-in on individual thick cardboard sheets with tissue guards bearing the relevant quatrain in red; original silk-covered decorative purpose-built cardboard fold-over box portfolio with decorative gilt titles on both boards and a gilt-and-polychrome illustrated label on rear board and with wooden toggles Plates: 10.5 x 6.5 in (26.6 x 16.5 cm) Cardboard mounts: 14.5 x 10 in (36.8 x 25 cm) Box: 15 x 10.5 in (38.1 x 26.6 cm) Booklet: 13.5 x 8.5 in (34.2 x 21.5 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,103 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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