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

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Attributed to Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760 - 1842) Notes Relative to the Late Transactions in the Marhatta Empire. Fort William, December 15, 1803 [Attributed to] Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, Notes Relative to the Late Transactions in the Marhatta Empire. Fort William, December 15, 1803, London: Printed for J Debrett, 1804 2 parts in one volume Part I: 115 pages Part II: 177 pages and 6 folding engraved hand-coloured battle plans Contemporary full speckled calf, single gilt fillet border with decorative roll-tooling in blind and gilt along the edges; spine with raised bands in six compartments, double gilt rules, and a dark green morocco label titled in gilt; board edges gilt; marbled paper edges 10.75 x 8.75 in (27.5 x 22.5 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,44,000 \| $1,655 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 3

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Ebenezer Stalker after Robert Home (1781 - 1847) The Death of Coll. Moorhouse, at the... 1st June 1811 Hand-coloured line and stipple engraving with aquatint on wove paper Sheet size: 19.2 x 24 in (49 x 61 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,793 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 5

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Henry Thoby Prinsep (1793 - 1878) A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India: Under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings 1813 to 1818 Henry Thoby Prinsep, A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India: Under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings, 1813 to 1818, London: John Murray, 1820. First edition. pp. xix, [1] (errata), 533, [1] (blank); complete with a folding engraved frontispiece map titled "“A Map of the Seat of War in India, 1817:-18. Compiled and drawn for the use of the commander in Chiefs Office fort William, Bengal, and published by permission" by Sidney Hall; contemporary full polished calf, spine with five compartments separated by double gilt fillets, direct gilt lettering to spine; red silk ribbon marker retained. 11.25 x 9 x 1.25 in (28.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,793 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 7

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After Henry Yule (1820 - 1889) Charge of the 16th at Aliwal, January... 1846 Original hand-coloured lithograph on paper 13 x 17.5 in (33 x 44.5 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,68,000 \| $1,931 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 14

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Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham (1831 - 1865) Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow: From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham with Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham, Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow: From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham with Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, London: Day and Son, 1858 [12] pages; later hand-coloured tinted lithographed title page with vignette and 26 later hand-coloured fine tinted lithographed views on 17 plates, with tissue new guards; publisher's dark brown cloth-covered boards, tooled in blind and title embossed in gilt on the boards with fresh spine 22.5 x 15 x 0.5 in (57 x 38.5 x 1.2 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,68,000 \| $1,931 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 11

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E Walker after Fairlie Untitled [A Suite of Three Lithographs... a) E Walker after Fairlee The Tenth in India, Kirkee. 1854 – The March Past in Review Order 1855 b) E Walker after Fairlee The Tenth in India, Kirkee. 1854 – In Front of The Main Guard 1855 c) E Walker after Fairlee The Tenth in India, Kirkee. 1854 – Drill Order 1855 Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper (each) 10.75 x 14.75 in (27.5 x 37.5 cm) (each)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,793 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 12

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Anonymous The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper (Vols. V & VI, July 1857 – June 1858) Anonymous, The Illustrated Times, London: David Bogue, 1857–1858 2 volumes (Volume V: July–December 1857; Volume VI: January–June 1858) Volume V, comprising nos. 115–142, 4 July–26 December 1857, continuously paginated: [viii], 448 pp. Contents as follows: No. 115 (4 July): viii, 16 pp.; Nos. 116 & 117 (11 July): pp. 17–48; No. 118 (18 July): pp. 49–64; No. 119 (25 July): pp. 65–80; No. 120 (1 August): pp. 81–96; No. 121 (8 August): pp. 97–112; No. 122 (15 August): pp. 113–128; No. 123 (22 August): pp. 129–144; No. 124 (29 August): pp. 145–160; No. 125 (5 September): pp. 161–176; No. 126 (12 September): pp. 177–192; No. 127 (19 September): pp. 193–208; No. 128 (26 September): pp. 209–224; No. 129 (3 October): pp. 225–240; No. 130 (10 October): pp. 241–256; No. 131 (17 October): pp. 257–272; No. 132 (24 October): pp. 273–288; No. 133 (31 October): pp. 289–304; No. 134 (7 November): pp. 305–320; No. 135 (14 November): pp. 321–336; No. 136 (21 November): pp. 337–352; No. 137 (28 November): pp. 353–368; No. 138 (5 December): pp. 369–384; No. 139 (12 December): pp. 385–400; Nos. 140 & 141 (19 December): pp. 401–432; No. 142 (26 December): pp. 433–448. Volume VI, comprising nos. 143–169, 2 January–26 June 1858, continuously paginated: [viii], 452 pp. Contents as follows: No. 143 (2 January 1858): viii, 16; No. 144 (9 January): pp. 17–32; No. 145 (16 January): pp. 33–48; No. 146 (16 January): pp. 49–72; No. 147 (23 January): pp. 73–88; No. 148 (30 January): pp. 89–108; No. 149 (6 February): pp. 109–132; No. 150 (13 February): pp. 133–148; No. 151 (20 February): pp. 149–164; No. 152 (27 February): pp. 165–180; No. 153 (6 March): pp. 181–196; No. 154 (13 March): pp. 197–212; No. 155 (20 March): pp. 213–228; No. 156 (27 March): pp. 229–244; No. 157 (3 April): pp. 245–260; No. 158 (10 April): pp. 261–276; No. 159 (17 April): pp. 277–292; No. 160 (24 April): pp. 293–308; No. 161 (1 May): pp. 309–324; No. 162 (8 May): pp. 325–340; No. 163 (15 May): pp. 341–356; No. 164 (22 May): pp. 357–372; No. 165 (29May): pp. 373–388; No. 166 (5 June): pp. 389–404; No. 167 (12 June): pp. 405–420; No. 168 (19 June): pp. 421–436; No. 169 (26 June): pp. 437–452 Hundreds of pages profusely illustrated with wood engravings throughout most of them by Soltykoff, including dramatic double-page war scenes, courtly portraits, satirical vignettes, and detailed architectural views; contemporary fine bindings of half black morocco over marbled paper boards, spines gilt in five compartments with gilt text. (each) 39 x 27 cm (each) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000 $1,440 - 1,725 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,32,000 \| $1,517 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 17

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Alfred Clarence Alais after Ernest Crofts (1838 - 1895) Moodkee: Charge of the 3rd King‘s Own... Inscribed 'Sergeant McGill 10th Regiment' 1908 Photogravure on paper Print size: 20 x 30.25 in (50.5 x 77 cm) Sheet size: 20.75 x 31.75 in (52.6 x 80.5 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,08,000 \| $1,241 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 20

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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d`Anville (1697 - 1782) Carte des Indes Orientales Circa 1752 Original hand-coloured copper engraving on paper 20.5 x 34 in (52 x 86.5 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $575 - 865 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,32,000 \| $1,517 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 21

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Franz Anton Schrambl (1751 - 1803) Neueste Karte von Hindostan, Bengalen... 1788 Copper engraving on paper Four engraved and hand-coloured sheets 24.5 x 33.5 in (61.2 x 83.7 cm) (each); will form a large joined map approximately 49 x 67 in (124.4 x 170.1 cm) if assembled; unmounted and unjoined, as issued. This work will be shipped unframed, in four separate sheets in a roll form.	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,379 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 24

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Lieutenant Colonel James Tod (1782 - 1835) Map of RAJASTHAN or RAJWARRA, Embracing ... 1829 Copper engraving on paper 27 x 42.25 in (68.5 x 107.5 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,379 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 28

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Lieutenant W L D Smith Goojerat 1849 Colour lithograph on paper Print size: 14.5 x 19.75 in (37 x 50 cm) Sheet size: 15.5 x 22 in (39.6 x 56 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,793 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 33

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G Cooke And John Landseer and Charles D’Oyly Untitled [A suite of six engravings of... a) John Landseer after Charles D'Oyly Paugla pool, from the River, 1st June, 1827 b) John Landseer after Charles D'Oyly Remains of a bridge near the Tantee bazar, 4th June, 1814 c) John Landseer after Charles D'Oyly Ruins of Tungy bridge, 26 December 1825 d) John Landseer after Charles D'Oyly Paugla pool, with part of Dacca in the extreme distance, 4th June 1817 e) G Cooke and John Landseer after Charles D’Oyly Part of the interior of the city of Dacca, 4th June 1814 f) John Landseer after Charles D'Oyly Part of Dacca from the Douillac Nulla, 1st September 1826	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,793 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 34

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Rám Ráz (1796 - 1833) Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús Rám Ráz, Essay on the Architecture of the Hindús, London: John William Parker, for the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1834 pp. xiv, 64, [2 (errata)], with 42 lithographic plates by Day & Haghe (many folding or double-page), engraved vignette to title; rebound half leather bound with 4 raised bands and gilt text at the spine, retaining the original publisher's printed wrappers inside, complete with the Royal Asiatic Society’s engraved vignette on the title. 13 x 10 in (33 x 25.5 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 1,92,000 \| $2,207 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 48

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Lieutenant Colonel James Tod (1782 - 1835) Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod, Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India, Madras: Higginbotham and Co., 1880, Third reprint edition 2 volumes in 4 parts (Vol. I–II, each in two parts): Volume I – Part I: xxix, 344 pp., including a folding map of Rajpootana and three genealogical tables Volume I – Part II: Pages 345–724 Volume II – Part I: xxxi, 404 pp., including one genealogical table Volume II – Part II: Pages 405–719, including one genealogical table Bound in contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, spines richly gilt in compartments with ornate foliate tooling and decorative cornerpieces, twin green and red morocco lettering-pieces titled and numbered in gilt; marbled endpapers (each) 9.75 x 6.5 in (24.8 x 16.5 cm) (each) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,80,000 \| $2,069 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 58

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John Calvert Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: Its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines. Including a Trip over the Lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers John Calvert, Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: Its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines. Including a Trip Over the Lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers, London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1873—First edition 102 pp., including frontispiece (chromolithographic or tinted lithograph?), eight additional full-page plates (geological cross-sections, maps, views), all with accompanying descriptive text; original publisher’s brown pebble-grained cloth, front board stamped in gilt with decorative border and central title; spine titled in gilt. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather and marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt-ruled with floral corner tools and a gilt-lettered spine. 9.25 x 6.25 in (23.5 x 16 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 1,20,000 \| $1,379 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 65

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Auguste Racinet (1825 - 1893) Le Costume Historique. Cinq cents planches, trois cents en couleurs, or et argent, deux cents en camaïeu [6 Volumes] Auguste Racinet, Le Costume Historique: Cinq cents planches, trois cents en couleurs, or et argent, deux cents en camaieu, Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1888 6 Volumes Volume I: Costume Theory and Ornate Origins Volume II: Antiquity – Ancient Civilizations and Non-European Peoples Volume III: Europe – From the Byzantine Empire to the Renaissance Volume IV: Northern and Central Europe – Renaissance in the 18th Century Volume V: Popular and Traditional Costumes of Eastern and Southern Europe Volume VI: France, Spain, Portugal and Costume Accessories Bound in late 19th-century French half-brown morocco over red and black marbled boards; spine in six compartments with gilt-tooled floral devices and ruled raised bands, titled in gilt within compartments two to four; marbled endpapers (each) Approx. 16.25 x 11.5 in (41.5 x 29.5 cm) (each) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,793 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 66

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Raja Ravi Varma Press Shakuntala Writing Love Letter... Circa late 1890s–early 1900s Chromolithograph on paper 20 x 27.75 in (51 x 70.5 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 1,80,000 \| $2,069 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 79

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K S Ranjitsinhji (1872 - 1933) The Jubilee Book of Cricket [Signed and Limited Edition Copy] K S Ranjitsinhji, The Jubilee Book of Cricket, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1897 xvi + 474 pages, including single photogravure frontispiece of the author, 21 further photogravure plates after Lucien Davis and 85 full-page photographic (halftone) plates; original publisher’s full cream buckram with gilt title to spine and upper board, adorned with gilt and blue ribbon cricket motifs and gilted title at spine, top edge gilt, uncut edges 10.2 x 8.4 in (26 x 21.5 cm) This is copy number 80 from a limited edition of 350 on hand-made paper signed by Prince Ranjitsinhji. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000 $1,440 - 1,725 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,32,000 \| $1,517 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 81

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Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949) The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring [Signed Copy of Sarojini Naidu] Sarojini Naidu, The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1914 xii, 103 pp.; hardbound with dust jacket 9 x 5.75 in (23.2 x 15 cm) Autograph manuscript of an unpublished or variant poem, signed (“Sarojini Naidu”) and dated “13th Feb 1916” / “March 1917” Bombay, written in ink on the front pastedown endpaper. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $865 - 1,150 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,80,000 \| $2,069 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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

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