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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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Lot 41
The Journal of the Photographic Society of India, Volumes VIII–X and XII - Photographic Society of India - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

4 Volumes
Volume VIII (1895): vi + 216 pages includes several mounted photo-etched, photogravure, and collotype plates from photographs and in-text illustrations; original publisher’s decorative green cloth, upper board lettered diagonally in black "Journal of the Photographic Society of India," enclosed within a double-ruled black border with ornamental corner pieces; spine with gilt text
Volume IX (1896): vi + 216 pages feature multiple photo-etched, photogravure, and collotype plates from photographs and technical diagrams.
Volume X (1897): viii + 271-460 pages contain a series of photographic reproductions and illustrative content.
Volume XII (1899): vi + 230 pages richly illustrated with photo-etched, photogravure, and collotype plates from photographs and detailed engravings.
Volume IX, X, and XII rebound in matching contemporary half-green morocco over black pebbled leather-covered boards, the spines with raised bands in five compartments, gilt-stamped decorative fleuron tools in compartments and gilt ruling to bands and covers, contrasting red morocco labels lettered in gilt with volume number and year, and new endpapers

Volume X shows a photo-etching of an X-ray of the hand of the Earl of Elgin, who was the Viceroy and Governor General of India, wearing two rings (March 1897, opposite page 254). This photograph is an early example of X-ray photography and is credited to the Survey of India Offices.

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Lot 42
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 - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

2 Volumes
Volume I (1795): [6], xlii, [2], 591 pp.
Volume II (1798): [4], 705 pp.
Contemporary-style period-inspired mottled calf, panelled in blind and bordered in gilt; sympathetically rebacked in later polished calf to style; spines in six compartments with raised bands; gilt-ruled and tooled with gilt floral devices; contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces titled in gilt and volume numbers; marbled edges (each)
11.25 x 8.75 in (28.5 x 22.5 cm) (each)

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Lot 43
<i>A History of the Military Transactions in Indostan,</i> with <i>Historical Fragments</i> — A Complete Set of Orme’s Writings on British India - Robert Orme - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Robert Orme (1728 - 1801)

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 author

Two volumes bound in three
Volume I: xcvi + 436 pp., including 8 folding maps
Volume II: 365 pp., including 10 folding maps and 2 panoramic views
Volume III: 374 pp., including 12 folding maps and 1 view
Uniformly bound in contemporary speckled calf, smooth spines gilt in compartments with central floral tools, twin morocco lettering-pieces in red and black titled “ORME’S INDOSTAN” and volume numbers; board edges with blind tooling (each)
11.4 x 8.8 in (28.6 x 22.2 cm) (each)
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Robert Orme, Historical 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

pp. [2], lxviii, 471 pp, 31 index pages, folding engraved map of the Carnatic and Coromandel Coast; contemporary full mottled calf covers with gilt fillet borders, a spine in six compartments with raised bands, richly tooled in gilt with floral devices, twin morocco title ticket pieces (one in red, one in green), marbled endpapers, and all edges marbled.
10.75 x 9 in (27.5 x 23 cm)

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Lot 44
Europeans in India: From a Collection of Drawings, by Charles D‘Oyly - Sir Charles D`Oyly and Captain Thomas Williamson - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

[6], 149, [9] p., including 20 fine colour aquatint plates, each accompanied by descriptive letterpress (mostly on two leaves); original publisher’s blue-grey paper-covered boards with printed paper label to upper cover reading “COLOR PRINTS,” rebacked in cream paper with later dark olive-green morocco gilt spine label. Housed in a modern bespoke linen-covered solander box with gilt-lettered morocco spine label and decorative border tooling in gilt.
11.5 x 9.25 x 1 in (29 x 23.6 x 2.5 cm)

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Lot 45
Views of Simla - George Powell Thomas - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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George Powell Thomas (1808 - 1857)

Views of Simla

 George Powell Thomas, Views of Simla, London: Dickinson & Co., [c.1846]

1 Lithographed title-page + 23 tinted lithographed plates after drawings by George Powell Thomas, lithographed by Dickinson & Co., London, and accompanied by descriptive letterpress; rebound in contemporary full leather with ornamental floral pattern debossed on the front and back boards, original cloth-gilt title label affixed to front cover, new endpapers
21.5 x 14.75 in (55 x 37.5 cm)

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Lot 46
Illustrations of the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenána, together with Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenána; or, Six Years in India, in three volumes - Helen C Mackenzie (Mrs. Colin Mackenzie) - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Illustrations of the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenána, together with Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenána; or, Six Years in India, in three volumes

 Helen C Mackenzie (Mrs Colin Mackenzie), Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenána; or, Six Years in India, London: Richard Bentley, 1853

3 volumes
Volume I: viii, 359 pp.; Volume II: vi, 307 pp.; Volume III: vi, 336 pp.;
bound in contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, spines with gilt titling and volume numbers (each)
7.75 x 5 in (20 x 12.5 cm) (each)
[Together with:]
Helen C Mackenzie (Mrs Colin Mackenzie), Illustrations of the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenána, London: R. Appel, Anastatic Printer, 43, Gerrard Street, Soho, 1854

Lithographed title page along with 11 plates, making it a total of 12 of 20 lithographed plates by Mrs. Mackenzie after her original sketches (some annotated in the stone); original publisher’s textured blue cloth-covered portfolio boards, gilt-lettered on upper cover and spine, spine titled: “Illustrations of the Mission, the Camp & the Zenána, Mrs. Colin Mackenzie.” The upper board is gilt-lettered with the title; brown glazed endpapers.
17.75 x 13 in (45 x 33.5 cm)

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Lot 47
Voyages dans l‘Inde [Deluxe edition of 2 volumes in a large single octavo volume] - Alexis Soltykoff - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Alexis Soltykoff (1806 - 1859)

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

2 volumes in a large single octavo volume
456 pages, including the title page, half-titles, an additional title printed in gold with a wood-engraved vignette, a single-page map, and 36 later hand-coloured tinted lithograph plates with tissue guards; original luxuriously gilt-decorated black cloth, incorporating pink, red, green and blue morocco onlays, with the front board decorated with a picture of a Maharaja, while the backboard is showing a lute player along with extravagant blind stamping as well; all edges gilt; the spine is in gold damask.
11 x 7.5 x 1 in (28 x 19.5 x 3 cm)

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Lot 48
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India - Lieutenant Colonel James Tod - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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)

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Lot 49
Untitled [A Group of Five Rare Colonial Indian Cookery Books] - Multiple Authors - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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)

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Lot 50
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [12 Volumes of the Kamashastra edition] - Leonard C Smithers and translated by Richard F Burton - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

In 12 volumes
xxxii, 416 including 7 black and white plates; viii, [2] 431 including 7 black and white plates; x, [2] 444 including 9 black and white plates; x, [2] 420 including 6 black and white plates; viii, [2] 400 including 8 black and white plates; [6] 1-408 including 6 black and white plates; viii, [2] 406 including 7 black and white plates; xii, [2] 424 including 4 black and white plates; xiii, [3] 444 including 4 black and white plates; xii, [2] 479 including 4 black and white plates; ix, [3] 495 including 3 black and white plates; xxiv, 399 pp. including 3 black and white plates

Bound in publisher’s deluxe Style C binding as described in the original prospectus: Three-quarter Damascus red levant morocco (from Angora goat skins, sumac tanned), with five raised bands and gilt-tooled spines featuring Grolier-style cornerpieces and arabesque motifs; gold-ruled sides, silk headbands, triple-cord stitching, hollow backs, reinforced joints, and gold-veined endpapers; all edges gilt. Arabic calligraphy referencing the word “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)

Housed in the original purpose-made brown morocco casket, known as the “coffin” case, measuring approximately 23 x 12.5 x 8.5 in, with the interior lined in silk moiré with a folding front flap and fitted cavity. The design allowed for horizontal tabletop display or upright shelf storage. The casket features a decorative pierced orientalist brass lockplate and was originally issued with a spring-lock key of Islamic design. Lid stamped in gilt Arabic (Alf Layla wa Layla – A Thousand and One Nights)

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Lot 51
Storia do Mogor; or, Mogul India 1653–1708 [4 Volumes] - Niccolao Manucci translated by William Irvine - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

Volume I: lxxxviii, 386 pp., including 13 black and white plates, [4 pp. publisher's advertisements]
Volume II: xi, 471 pp., including 13 black and white plates
Volume III: xiv, 509 pp., including 18 black and white plates
Volume IV: xiv, 605 pp., including 16 black and white plates [4 pp. publisher's advertisements], 1 folding map in the pocket at the rear; covers are bordered with an interlacing foliate arabesque and an elegant Moorish archway frame in black and crimson red, surrounding a medallion reminiscent of Mughal album margins. The gold-stamped monogram at the centre may reference the publisher or series, adding an additional bibliophilic distinction; top edges gilt, others uncut (each)
8.75 x 6 in (22.5 x 15 cm) (each)

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Lot 52
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 - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

2 volumes bound in 1
Vol. I: Title page; Dedication leaf; Preface pp. [i]–xiv; List of Plates pp. [xv]–xvi; descriptive text pp. 1–306.
Vol. II: Title page; text pp. 1–239, 12 index pages. With 40 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by Samuel Howitt, after drawings by the author, interleaved with text and printed on wove paper, watermarked 1818 and 1819.
Full original green Morocco, gilt tooled back, gilt border on sides, gilt edges. Housed in a cloth folding case with gilt text at the spine.
12 x 9.25 in (31 x 23.5 cm)

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Lot 53
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 - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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William Griffith (1810 - 1845)

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], 1847-1854

4 parts bound in 1 volume
Part I: Development of Organs in Phanerogamous Plants (1847), pp. [4], xxviii, 661, with numerous lithographic plates.
Part II: On the Higher Cryptogamous Plants (1849), pp. [2], 253–390, with numerous lithographic plates.
Part III: Monocotyledonous Plants (1851), pp. [2], 391–582, with 21 lithographic plates.
Part IV: Dicotyledonous Plants (1854), pp. [2], 583–817, with numerous lithographic plates.
Comprising all four parts of 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
13.5 x 10.5 in (34.5 x 27 cm)

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Lot 54
The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being an account, botanical and geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from drawings and descriptions made on the spot - Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 - 1911)

The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being an account, botanical and geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from drawings and descriptions made on the spot

 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya: being an account, botanical and geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from drawings and descriptions made on the Spot, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1849-51, second edition

2 Parts in 1 Volume
Title with tinted lithographic vignette, 2 letterpress part titles, 1p. list of subscribers, 1p. preface to part II. Hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece and 21 large hand-coloured plates, beautifully lithographed by the renowned botanical illustrator Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) after the sketches made by the botanist and explorer Hooker (1817-1911) during his travels through the Sikkim Himalaya; contemporary full dark blue shagreen morocco gilt over bevelled boards, elaborately gilt-decorated spine compartments and borders, marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt.
46.5 x 37.5 cm

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Lot 55
Brown’s Sporting Tour in India – A pictorial journal of that distinguished sportsman’s doings in the East, by Captain W. S. Hunt - Captain W S Hunt - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Brown’s Sporting Tour in India – A pictorial journal of that distinguished sportsman’s doings in the East, by Captain W. S. Hunt

 Captain W S Hunt, Brown’s Sporting Tour in India: A Pictorial Journal of that Distinguished Sportsman’s Doings in the East, by Captain W. S. Hunt, London: J. Hogarth, 1865

88 pp., including engraved frontispiece, title page, 1 leaf of dedication, and 41 full-page colour engravings of caricatures with captions; original publisher’s deluxe red cloth binding, bevelled boards with extensive gilt tooling in corner and central compartments, front cover lettered “Brown’s Sporting Tour in India”, all edges gilt, yellow coated endpapers.
8.75 x 13 in (22.2 x 33 cm)

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Lot 56
Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab, with a Combined Index and Glossary of Technical Vernacular Words - Baden Henry Baden-Powell - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1841 - 1901)

Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab, with a Combined Index and Glossary of Technical Vernacular Words

 Baden Henry Baden-Powell, Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab, with a Combined Index and Glossary of Technical Vernacular Words, Roorkee: Thomason Civil Engineering College Press, 1868; Lahore: Punjab Printing Company, 1872. First edition. 2 volumes.

Volume I (1868): xxxv, 609 pp., with [28] part-mounted lithographed or wood-engraved plates (some botanical), [16] wood-engraved text illustrations mainly diagram of agricultural specimens, and [2] full-page or fold-out maps showing distribution of flora and administrative divisions, lxxxix
10.5 x 7 x 2 in (27 x 18 x 5 cm)
Volume II (1872): xxxv, 358 pp., with [26] part-mounted lithographed or wood-engraved plates, many depicting manufacturing implements, techniques, and product samples; [14] technical illustrations embedded in text of process diagrams; and [1] fold-out map or technical schematic related to industrial layout or method, xxv
9.75 x 7.25 x 1.25 in (25 x 18.5 x 3.5 cm)
Contemporary half-black morocco over pebbled dark blue cloth-covered boards, spine with five gilt-ruled compartments and gilt-lettered titles; upper covers with double-rule blind borders and elaborate blind-stamped arabesque corner ornaments; new endpapers; edges untrimmed (each)

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Lahore to Yarkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth, Esq., C.B. - George Anderson and Allan Octavian Hume - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Lahore to Yarkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth, Esq., C.B.

 George Henderson and Allan octavian hume, Lahore to Yarkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth, Esq., C.B., London: L. Reeve & Co., 1873

xx, 370 pp. With 26 heliotype images on 16 leaves, 32 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Keulemans, 6 additional hand-coloured botanical plates, an additional folding colour map and 3 charts (2 coloured) depicting flora, fauna, ethnographic scenes, and landscapes based on original sketches by the authors and specimens collected during the journey; brown leather binding with a small “LR” monogram (for Lovell Reeve) or a stylised emblem, printed in gilt and blind-stamped, on the front cover along with gilt text at the spine. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather and marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt-ruled with floral corner tools and a gilt-lettered spine.
10.5 x 7.25 in (27 x 18.5 cm)

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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 - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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)

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Lot 59
The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; With Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799. By Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta - François Balthazar Solvyns - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; With Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799. By Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta

 François Balthazar Solvyns, The Costume of Hindostan: Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; With Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799. By Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta, London: Edward Orme, 1807

254 unnumbered pages, 4 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings, and 56 hand-coloured line- or stipple-engraved plates by Scott or Vivares, after François Balthazar Solvyns, along with descriptions for each plate in English and French; contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards housed in a green cloth slipcase.
14.5 x 10.5 in (37 x 26.5 cm)

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Lot 60
The World in Miniatures: Hindoostan, Containing a Description of the Religion, Manners, Customs, Trades, Arts, Sciences, Literature, Diversions, & c. of the Hindoos - Frederick Shoberl - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Frederick Shoberl (1775 - 1853)

The World in Miniatures: Hindoostan, Containing a Description of the Religion, Manners, Customs, Trades, Arts, Sciences, Literature, Diversions, & c. of the Hindoos

 Frederic Shoberl, The World in Miniatures: Hindoostan, Containing a Description of the Religion, Manners, Customs, Trades, Arts, Sciences, Literature, Diversions, & c. of the Hindoos, London: Printed for R. Ackermann, repository of Arts, Strand; No date on the title page, but plates are dated 1822

Uniformly bound in contemporary full red straight-grained morocco, gilt-ruled covers and gilt-decorated spines with black morocco title labels. Marbled endpapers (each). Housed in a custom-made quarter red morocco and marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt-ruled and titled in gilt on the spine
5.75 x 3.75 x 1 in (14.5 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm) (each)

In 6 Volumes
Volume 1: pp. xxviii covers the preface and 187 pages, including 8 plates and xviii advertisements pages at the rear
Volume 2: pp. 273 + 19 plates [4 folding]
Volume 3: pp. 324 + 22 plates [4 folding]
Volume 4: pp. 216 + 23 plates [2 folding]
Volume 5: pp. 234 + 16 plates
Volume 6: pp. 240 + 15 plates [2 folding]
[Together with:]
Frederic Shoberl, The World in Miniature: Tibet, and India Beyond the Ganges, containing a Description of the Character, Manners, Customs, Dress, Religion, Amusements, &c. of the Nations inhabiting those Countries, London: Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, [circa 1821].

xii, 216 pp., with 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, including frontispiece; printed on laid paper; bound in the original publisher’s russet-red paper-covered boards with printed paper spine label. Housed in a bespoke modern quarter red morocco and marbled paper-covered slipcase, with gilt floral tools and double-rule panels to spine, and the title stamped in gilt.
5.25 x 3.5 in (13.5 x 9 cm)

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