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Robert Montgomery Martin
(1801 - 1868)
The Indian Empire (3 Volumes)




R Montogomery Martin, The Indian Empire: History, Topography, Geology, Climate, Population, Chief Cities and Provinces; Tributary and Protected States; Military Power and Resources; Religion; Education, Crime; Land tenures; Staple Products; Government, Finance, and Commerce, London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, circa 1860

In 3 Volumes
Volume I: 582 pages including 1 later hand-coloured engraved frontispiece; 1 later hand-coloured engraved vignette title; 3 later hand-coloured engraved plates; 1 engraved map of India, table of distances
Volume II: 504 pages including 1 later hand-coloured engraved frontispiece; 1 later hand-coloured engraved vignette title; 1 engraved map with outline in colour; 16 later hand-coloured engraved plates; vii index pages
Volume III: 192 pages including 1 later hand-coloured engraved frontispiece; 1 later hand-coloured engraved vignette title 98 later hand-coloured engraved plates
Beautifully bound in half calf with cloth boards with gilt text and decoration on the spine with 5 raised bands, marbled edges (each)
28 x 20 x 4 cm (each)

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  Lot 47 of 100  

ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS: IN PURSUIT OF THE PICTURESQUE
4-5 MAY 2022
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