A Discoverie of the Sect of the Banians
HENRY LORD, A Discoverie of the Sect of the Banians: Containing Their History, Law, Liturgie, Casts, Customes, and Ceremonies. Gathered from Their Bramanes, Teachers of that Sect: As the Particulars were Comprized in the Booke of their Law, called the Shaster: Together with a Display of their Manners, Both in Times Past, and at this Present , London: F Constable, 1630 Frontispiece; title pages; 14; 53 pages 2 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved pictorial title by William Marshall, the second part with the separate title 'The Religion of the Parsees'. Original leather bound with fresh spine along with contemporary slipcase 18.5 x 14 x 1.5 cm
7.25 x 5.5 in
(18.5 x 14 cm)
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Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
$3,575 - 4,290
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Rs 2,40,000 |
$3,429
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The Costume of Hindostan
FRANS BALTAZAR SOLVYNS, The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 , London: Edward Orme, 1804 246 pages including 57 of 60 hand-coloured line and stipple engraved plates (3 missing), by Scott or T Vivares after Solvyns along with descriptions for each plate in English and French Later quarter-bound leather with front and back blackboards 37 x 28 x 3.2 cm
14.5 x 11 in
(37 x 28 cm)
Estimate
Rs 3,00,000 - 3,50,000
$4,290 - 5,000
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Rs 3,60,000 |
$5,143
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Sketches Illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Indians and Anglo Indians
WILLIAM TAYLER, Sketches Illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Indians and Anglo Indians: Drawn on Stone from the Original Drawings from Life by William Tayler Esq. , London: Thomas McLean, 1842 Lithographed title and dedication page along with 6 lithograph colour plates by J Bouvier of the General Lithographic Establishment, 70, Martin's Lane, after watercolours by Tayler along with tissue guards Publisher's moire fine ribbed brown cloth boards, title in gilt on upper cover, recent green leather spine 55.2 x 38 x 1.5 cm
21.75 x 15 in
(55.2 x 38 cm)
Estimate
Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000
$5,715 - 7,145
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Rs 4,17,480 |
$5,964
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L'Inde Francaise
EUGENE BURNOUF AND EUGENE JACQUET, L'Inde Francaise: Ou Collection de Dessins representant les Divinites, Temples, Meubles, Ornements, Armes, Ustensiles, Ceremonies Religieuses et Scenes de la Vie Privee , Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, 1827-1835 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: Title page, dedication page and first leaf of explanatory text, 90 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by C Motte and others after various artists, each with an explanatory leaf of text, list of plates at the end Volume II: 52 of 54 (2 MISSING) finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by C Motte and others after various artists, each with an explanatory leaf of text; 1; 118 appendix pages and 2 pages of list of plates at the end Contemporary quarter leather-bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine 42.5 x 30 x 4 cm (each)
16.75 x 11.75 in
(42.5 x 30 cm)
Estimate
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
$8,575 - 11,430
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Rs 6,15,720 |
$8,796
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Books on Sports (Set of two)
a) H DEB DELISLE, Polo in India: With Numerous Diagrams and Photographic Reproductions including the Hurlingham Rules , Bombay: Thacker and Company, Limited, 1913 286 Pages including 1 black and white frontispiece, illustrated with 12 diagrams and photographic reproductions including the Hurlingham Rules Original green cloth boards with gilt title on the front board and at the spine 19.5 x 14 x 4 cm
7.75 x 5.75 in
(20 x 14.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 25,000 - 30,000
$360 - 430
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Rs 46,800 |
$669
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Oriental Field Sports
CAPTAIN THOMAS WILLIAMSON, Oriental field sports: Being a Complete and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East , London: Edward Orme, 1808 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: xiv; 306 including engraved vignette title page and 20 engraved plates Volume II: 239 including engraved vignette title page and 20 engraved plates Brown leather-bound with gilt border on front and back covers, all edges marbled and spine with 5 raised bands 29 x 24 x 4.5 cm (each)
11.5 x 9.5 in
(29 x 24 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,25,000 - 1,75,000
$1,790 - 2,500
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Rs 1,50,000 |
$2,143
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Shooting in the Himalayas
COLONEL FRED MARKHAM, Shooting in the Himalayas: A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, & Etc , London: Richard Bentley, 1854 xii; 375 pages including 1 engraved title page; 1 folding black and white lithographed map; 7 tinted lithographic plates after Sir E P Campbell by Hullmandel & Walton; 14 black and white woodcuts throughout Original green cloth, with gilt decoration on the front and back boards along with the spine 25.5 x 17.5 x 3.5 cm
10 x 7 in
(25.5 x 17.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 80,000 - 1,00,000
$1,145 - 1,430
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Rs 96,000 |
$1,371
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Tiger-Shooting in India
WILLIAM RICE, Tiger-Shooting in India: Being an Account of Hunting Experiences on Foot in Rajpotana, During the Hot Seasons from 1850 to 1854 , London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857 xviii; 219 pages including 1 frontispiece and 11 colour chromolithograph plates from the sketches by the author Contemporary binding with top edge gilt along with gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands 26.5 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm
10.5 x 7.25 in
(26.5 x 18.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000
$1,430 - 1,790
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Rs 1,32,600 |
$1,894
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Indian Shikar (Set of 7)
a) WILLIAM RICE, Indian Game (From Quail to Tiger) , London: W H Allen and Co., 1884 iv, 221, [6] appendix pages with 13 plates including 12 full-page tinted lithographs Original gilt-pictorial green cloth over bevel-edged boards.br.26 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm
10.25 x 7 in
(26 x 17.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 50,000 - 75,000
$715 - 1,075
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Rs 60,000 |
$857
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The Indian Ducks and Their Allies
E C STUART BAKER, The Indian Ducks and Their Allies , London: Bombay Natural History Society, 1908 xi; 292 pages including 30 coloured plates with deckled edges Original half Morocco green cloth binding with upper edges gilt 27.5 x 19.5 x 4 cm Limited edition of 1200 copies
10.75 x 7.75 in
(27.5 x 19.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 25,000 - 30,000
$360 - 430
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Rs 68,400 |
$977
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Books on Ornithology (Set of 3)
a) ALLAN HUME ed., The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon , Calcutta: A O Hume and C H T Marshall, 1879-1881 (Set of 3 Volumes) Volume I: ii; 279 pages including 45 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Published in 1879 this volume is dedicated to ducks, swans and geese Volume II: 264 pages including 44 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Published in 1880 this volume is dedicated to snipe, bustards and sand-grouse) Volume III: 438 pages including 54 hand-coloured lithographed plates; 4 famous colour egg plates and 6 index pages. Published in 1881 this volume is dedicated to pheasants and bustard-quail In original green boards with gilt-stamped peacock illustrations on front boards of each volume; gilt lettering and ruling on front boards and spines; blind-stamped on rear boards. 26.5 x 16.5 x 3.5 cm (each)
10.75 x 7.75 in
(27.3 x 19.7 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000
$2,145 - 2,860
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Rs 1,80,000 |
$2,571
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Illustrations of Indian Ornithology
THOMAS C JERDON, Illustrations of Indian Ornithology: Containing Fifty Figures of New, Unfigured and Interesting Species of Birds, Chiefly from the South of India , Madras: P R Hunt, American Mission Press, 1847 Title leaf, plate list, and 23 hand-coloured lithographs (of 50) with accompanying text, species list on the leaf at end. The plates are numbered from XLI - L and then (in manuscript) from XIII - XXV, the captions corresponding to the numbers on the plate are listed at the front Green leather-bound with gilt text on a maroon label at the spine with 5 raised bands 30.2 x 23.5 x 3.5 cm
12 x 9.25 in
(30.2 x 23.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000
$2,145 - 2,860
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Rs 1,80,000 |
$2,571
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Stray Feathers: A Journal of Ornithology for India and its Dependencies
ALLAN HUME, Stray Feathers: A Journal of Ornithology for India and its Dependencies , Calcutta: T Black and Co., 1872-99 (Set of 12 Volumes) 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 5 uncoloured lithographed plates (four folding); 10 folding maps (some hand-coloured); volume 2 lacks final five pages of index and here supplied in photocopy; volume 11 lacking preliminary leaves but with upper wrapper tipped in, occasional pencil marks and marginalia by Claude B Ticehurst and Martin Woodcock, bookplate of The Avicultural Society to front pastedowns on all the volumes. index by Charles Chubb Each volume is original half leather-bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands 13.6 x 15 x 3 cm (each)
5.25 x 6 in
(13.5 x 15 cm)
Estimate
Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
$3,575 - 4,290
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Rs 3,00,000 |
$4,286
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Illustrations of Indian Botany or Figures Illustrative of Each of the Natural Orders of Indian Plant
ROBERT WIGHT, Illustrations of Indian Botany or Figures Illustrative of Each of the Natural Orders of Indian Plants: Described in the Author's Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis with Observations, on their Botanical Relations, Economical Uses, and Medicinal Properties; Including Descriptions of Recently Discovered or Imperfectly Known Plants , Madras: J B Pharoah, 1840 Volume I: xi; ii; 212 pages including 97 hand-coloured lithographed plates (of 104); errata slip tipped-in; lacks 2 leaves of text at the end Contemporary leather bound with gilt text on a black label at the front board and the spine 28.5 x 22.5 x 4.2 cm
10.75 x 8 in
(27.5 x 20.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000
$2,145 - 2,860
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Rs 2,61,000 |
$3,729
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The Thanatophidia of India, Being a Description of Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula
JOSEPH FAYRER, The Thanatophidia of India, Being a Description of Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula: With an Account of the Influence of their Poison on Life and a Series of Experiments , London: J & A Churchill, 1874 xii; half-title page; 166 pages including 28 chromolithograph plates and 3 lithographed plates by M & N Hanhart after Annoda Prosad Bagchee and others. The title page and the dedication pages are photocopies on a hard card paper and the appendix pages at the end are black and white photocopies of the original Contemporary half leather bound with red cloth boards and gilt text at the spine 45 x 33 x 3 cm
17.75 x 13 in
(45 x 33 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,75,000 - 2,25,000
$2,500 - 3,215
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Rs 2,10,000 |
$3,000
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Materia Indica
WHITELAW AINSLIE, Materia Indica: Or, some account of those articles which are employed by The Hindoos, and other Eastern nations, in their Medicine, Arts, and Agriculture; comprised also Formulae, with practical observations, names of diseases in various eastern languages, and a copious list of Oriental Books immediately connected with general science, and c. and c. , London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: xiv and 654 pages Volume II: xxxix and 604 pages Rebound in red buckram 23 x 15.5 x 4 cm (each)
9 x 6 in
(23 x 15.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 40,000 - 50,000
$575 - 715
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Books on Bombay (Set of 3)
a) HENRY MOSES, Sketches of India with Notes on the Seasons, Scenery and Society of Bombay, Elephanta and Salsette , London: Simkin Marshall and Co., 1850 xviii; 300 pages with 1 black and white frontispiece Original marbled boards with fresh spine 20 x 13.2 x 8 cm
7.75 x 5.5 in
(20 x 14 cm)
Estimate
Rs 30,000 - 40,000
$430 - 575
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Rs 78,000 |
$1,114
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Life in Bombay and Neighbouring Outstations, with Illustrations
JAMES GRAY, Life in Bombay and Neighbouring Outstations, with Illustrations , London: Richard Bentley, 1852 xvi; 350 Pages with 13 tinted lithographic plates Original cloth binding with blind-stamped decorative pattern on the front and the backboards along with gilt text and design at the spine 26 x 17 x 3 cm
10.25 x 6.75 in
(26 x 17 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000
$1,790 - 2,145
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Rs 1,87,800 |
$2,683
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The Route of the Overland Mail to India, from Southampton to Calcutta
MESSRS. GRIEVE, TELIN, ABSOLON, HERRING, SEN., DAVID ROBERTS, WEIR AND OTHER EMINENT ARTISTS, The Route of the Overland Mail to India, from Southampton to Calcutta , London: Atchley & Company, circa 1851 iv; 32 black and white wood-engraved plates, including a vignette title, each with tissue guards Publisher's original cloth, overall oriental design blocked in blue and yellow colours, lettered in yellow with a new leather spine 38.5 x 25.5 x 1 cm
15.25 x 10 in
(38.5 x 25.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000
$1,790 - 2,145
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Rs 1,50,000 |
$2,143
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Views of Calcutta Environs
SIR CHARLES D'OYLY, Views of Calcutta Environs , London: Dickinson & Co, 1848 26 lithographs including 1 lithograph title page; 23 lithograph plates and 2 plates with 2 illustrations in each Later dark brown leather-bound with gilt border on the front and back covers 68 x 48 x 2.5 cm
26.75 x 19 in
(68 x 48 cm)
Estimate
Rs 9,00,000 - 11,00,000
$12,860 - 15,715
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Rs 9,33,240 |
$13,332
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