The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing. [sic], with an introductory sketch of the origin and rise of the Sikh state
W G Osborne, The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing. [sic], with an introductory sketch of the origin and rise of the Sikh state, London: Henry Colburn, 1840
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Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000
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Rs 3,12,000 |
$3,586
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Sketches in Scinde
William Edwards, Sketches in Scinde, London: Graves, 1846
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Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000
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Rs 4,56,000 |
$5,241
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Mooltan, a Series of Sketches, During and After the Siege
John Dunlop, Mooltan, a Series of Sketches, During and After the Siege: Being Twenty-One Drawings, from Sketches taken on the Spot, by John Dunlop, M.D. Assistant Surgeon H.M.'s 32nd Regiment. And lithographed in Tints, by Andrew Maclure. With a Descriptive and Historical Account of the Siege , London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1849
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Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000
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Rs 3,12,000 |
$3,586
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The Defence of the Arrah House
second half 19th century
Polychrome lithograph print on original mount with gold border
Print size: 13.25 x 20 in (33.5 x 50.5 cm)
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Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000
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Rs 2,04,000 |
$2,345
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Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India
Henry Hardy Cole, Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans, and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India , London: India Museum, W. H. Allen and co., publishers to the India office, 1869
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Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
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Rs 4,20,000 |
$4,828
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The Campaign in India. 1857-58: From drawings made during the eventful period of the great mutiny, illustrating the military operations before Delhi and its neighbourhood with descriptive letterpress
Captain George Francklin Atkinson, The Campaign in India. 1857-58: From drawings made during the eventful period of the great mutiny, illustrating the military operations before Delhi and its neighbourhood with descriptive letterpress, London: Day & Son. Lithographers to The Queen, 1859
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
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Rs 2,16,000 |
$2,483
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An Atlas of Twelve Maps of India
Trelawney Saunders, An Atlas of Twelve Maps of India: Illustrating the Mountains and River Systems; the Irrigation; Civil Divisions, Population and Languages; Railways, Roads, Telegraphs, Post Offices, Ports, etc. Military commands and posts, famines, meteorology, crops, forests, and one-inch surveys. Accompanied by tables and notes, London: Edward Stanford, 1889
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Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000
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Rs 3,36,000 |
$3,862
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History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar. Held of the first of January 1903 to Celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty Edward VII, Emperor of India. Compiled from Official Papers by Order of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Stephen Wheeler, History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar. Held of the first of January 1903 to celebrate the coronation of His Majesty Edward VII, Emperor of India. Compiled from Official Papers by Order of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India , London: John Murray, 1904
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
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Rs 2,16,000 |
$2,483
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The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors
Max Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors , Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909, Six volumes bound in threeGuru Nanak, his life and writings. The lives and hymns of the second, third and fourth Gurus. The life of Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru, and his hymns, photograph of his shrine. The lives of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth Gurus and the hymns of the ninth Guru, Teg Bahadur; photographs of the Akal Bunga and the Baba Atal tower, Amritsar. The life of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru; his compositions; his stance against idolatry; his epistle to the Emperor Aurangzeb; a discussion of the musical measures of his hymns; photographs of the shrine at Fatagarh, Muktsar, the temple at Nander, and an Akali. Supplementary religious texts, including the Bhagats of the Granth Sahib, the life and hymns of Jaidev and of Namdev, Kabir, and Rav Das, a photograph of Namdev's shrine at Ghuman, and of two Sikh holy men, index.
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
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Rs 2,28,000 |
$2,621
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Portfolio of Indian Architectural Drawings: Part I, Issued by the Government North-West Provinces and Oudh
Edmund W Smith, Portfolio of Indian Architectural Drawings: Part I, Issued by the Government North-West Provinces and Oudh, London: W H Allen & Co.; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.; Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co.; Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ltd. and Allahabad: The Supt. Govt. Press, North-West Provinces and Oudh, 1897
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Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
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Rs 4,20,000 |
$4,828
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Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization: Being an Official Account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-Daro Carried Out by the Government of India between the Years 1922 and 1927 [3 Volumes]
John Marshall, Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization: Being an Official Account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-Daro Carried Out by the Government of India between the Years 1922 and 1927 , London: Arthur Probsthain, 1931, 3 volumes
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
Winning bid
Rs 2,16,000 |
$2,483
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The Journal of the Photographic Society of India, Volumes VIII–X and XII
Photographic Society of India, The Journal of the Photographic Society of India, Volumes VIII–X and XII , Calcutta: Photographic Society of India (for Vols. VIII, X, XII); Thacker, Spink and Co. (for Vol. IX), 1895–1899
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Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000
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Rs 4,56,000 |
$5,241
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The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, During the Most Ancient Periods of the World
Thomas Maurice, The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, During the Most Ancient Periods of the World , London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the Author, and sold by R Faulder, 1795–1798
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Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000
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Rs 2,64,000 |
$3,034
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A History of the Military Transactions in Indostan, with Historical Fragments — A Complete Set of Orme’s Writings on British India
Robert Orme, A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV to which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan, London: Printed for F. Wingrave, 1803, Fourth Edition, revised by the authorHistorical fragments of the Mogul empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English concerns in Indostan from the year MDCLIX; origin of the company's trade at Broach and Surat, and a general idea of the government and people of Indostan; to which is prefixed an account of the life and writings of the author , London: F. Wingrave, successor to Mr Nourse, in the Strand, 1805
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Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000
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Rs 2,64,000 |
$3,034
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Europeans in India: From a Collection of Drawings, by Charles D‘Oyly
Sir Charles D'Oyly and Captain Thomas Williamson, The European in India / from a collection of drawings by Charles Doyley, Esq. ; engraved by J.H. Clark and C. Dubourg ; with a preface and copious descriptions, by Thomas Williamson ; accompanied with A brief history of ancient and modern India, from the earliest periods of antiquity to the termination of the late Mahratta War, by F.W. Blagdon , London: Published and sold by Edward Orme, 1813
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
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Rs 2,16,000 |
$2,483
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Voyages dans l‘Inde [Deluxe edition of 2 volumes in a large single octavo volume]
Alexis Soltykoff, Voyages dans l'Inde , Paris: Garnier Frères, third edition, not dated
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
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Rs 2,16,000 |
$2,483
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [12 Volumes of the Kamashastra edition]
Leonard C Smithers and translated by Richard F Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , London: Printed by H.S. Nichols & Co., 1897“Layla” (meaning “night”), a nod to the original title Alf Layla wa-Layla ) translating to One Thousand and One Nights at the head and foot of spines (each)A Thousand and One Nights )
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
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Rs 2,16,000 |
$2,483
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Storia do Mogor; or, Mogul India 1653–1708 [4 Volumes]
Niccolao Manucci, Storia do Mogor; or, Mogul India 1653–1708 , London: John Murray, 1907–1908, 4 Volumes
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Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000
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Rs 2,88,000 |
$3,310
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Oriental Field Sports: Being a Complete and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East [With a Magnificient Fore-Edge Painting]
Captain Thomas Williamson, Oriental Field Sports: Being a Complete and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East: and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals, as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents: the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes ... the scenery gives a faithful representation of the picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants: the narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings. The whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson ... ; the drawings by Samuel Howett [sic], London: for H R Young by J M'Creery, 1819, second edition
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Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
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Rs 2,64,000 |
$3,034
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Posthumous Papers Bequeathed to the Honourable the East India Company, and Printed by Order of the Government of Bengal. Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum. Parts I–IV
William Griffith, Posthumous Papers Bequeathed to the Honourable the East India Company, and Printed by Order of the Government of Bengal. Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum. Parts I–IV , Calcutta, Bishop's College Press [-C.A. Serrao-A.B. Coshan], 1847-1854Development of Organs in Phanerogamous Plants (1847), pp. [4], xxviii, 661, with numerous lithographic plates.On the Higher Cryptogamous Plants (1849), pp. [2], 253–390, with numerous lithographic plates.Monocotyledonous Plants (1851), pp. [2], 391–582, with 21 lithographic plates.Dicotyledonous Plants (1854), pp. [2], 583–817, with numerous lithographic plates.Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum , continuously paginated and illustrated throughout with a total of 627 lithographed plates (numbered 1-661 with 37 bis plates, of which 34 noted by Nissen, but without plates 175-242, 65, 395, 511 and 524 as issued), approximately 100 hand-coloured plates; early half morocco with five raised bands and tooled in gilt on the spine, top edges gilt
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Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000
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Rs 3,12,000 |
$3,586
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