ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS AUCTION (15-16 JANUARY 2020)

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Lot 81

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Reginald Heber (1783 - 1826) Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India REGINALD HEBBER, Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825: (with notes upon Ceylon): An account of a journey to Madras and the Southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India, London: John Murray, 1828 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: xlvii; 1 black and white wood-engraved frontispiece; 631 pages including 4 of 5 engraved plates (1 missing); 20 black and white wood engravings; 1 folding map with outlines in colour Volume II: vi; [2]; 1 black and white frontispiece; 515 pages including 4 black and white engraved plates; 4 black and white wood engravings Contemporary leather bound with gilt text on a black label on the front board and at the spine 29.5 x 23 x 5.5 cm (each) 11.5 x 9 in (29.5 x 23 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 60,000 $715 - 860 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 76,800 \| $1,097 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 82

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Captain Robert Elliot Views in India CAPTAIN ROBERT ELLIOT, Views in India: China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea, with Historical and Descriptive Illustrations, London: H Fisher, Son and Co., 1833 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: 1 colour frontispiece; 1 black and white vignette title page; 68 pages including 32 black and white engraved plates Volume II: 1 black and white frontispiece; 1 black and white vignette title page; 64 including 28 black and white engraved plates Decorative leather bound with gilt text at the spine with 4 raised bands 27.3 x 22 x 2 cm (each) 10.75 x 8.75 in (27.3 x 22 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 80,000 $860 - 1,145 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 80,400 \| $1,149 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 83

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Lieutenant Colonel George Augustus Fitzclarence (1794 - 1842) Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt to England LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE AUGUSTUS FITZCLARENCE, Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt to England: In the Latter End of The Year 1817 and the Beginning of 1818 by Lieutenant Colonel Fitzclarence, London: John Murray, 1819 xxv; 502; [1] pages with 12 plates (9 hand-coloured), 7 maps and plans (including one large folding map of the Seat of War in India); errata leaf Contemporary leather bound with gilt text at the spine along with 4 raised bands 27.5 x 22 x 4.2 cm 10.75 x 8.75 in (27.5 x 22 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,430 - 2,145 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,714 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 84

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Alexander Cunningham (1814 - 1893) Ladak, Physical, Statistical, and Historical: with Notices of the Surrounding Countries ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, Ladak, Physical, Statistical, and Historical: with Notices of the Surrounding Countries, London: W H Allen and Co., 1854 2 maps (one large folding, hand-coloured in outline, laid in linen in pocket at the end); 30 lithographed plates (16 coloured) Half leather bound with leather corners and marbled boards 26 x 17 x 5.4 cm 10.25 x 6.75 in (26 x 17 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 $3,575 - 4,290 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 3,84,720 \| $5,496 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 85

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John Churchill Collection of Voyages and Travels JOHN CHURCHILL, Collection of Voyages and Travels: Some now first printed from original manuscripts. Others translated out of foreign languages, and now first publish'd in English, London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704 (Volume 3 only) 3 parts in 1 volume as issued, each with own section title dated 1703; pagination and register continuous, the third part (Baldaeus) with engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title-page; 33 engraved folding plates including maps; plans, views and orthographical tables of the Tamil language; numerous engraved vignettes in the text, several full-page Contemporary calf leather along with decorative gilt spine 32 x 22 x 8 cm 12.5 x 8.75 in (32 x 22 cm)
Estimate Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000 $5,715 - 7,145 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 4,80,000 \| $6,857 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 86

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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest (1750 - 1827) A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges And Jumna in India LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES RAMUS FORREST, A Picturesque Tour Along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna in India: Consisting of twenty-four highly finished and coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings made on the spot; with illustrations, historical and descriptive by Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest, late on the staff of His Majesty's service in Bengal, London: R Ackermann, 1824 iv; title page with hand-coloured aquatint vignette on title; folding engraved map, 192 pages including 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Sutherland and G Hunt after Forrest (plate no.3 is a photocopy); hand-coloured aquatint vignette at end of the text Contemporary leather bound with blind-tooled floral pattern at the front and back boards along with gilt title on the front board and at the spine with 5 raised bands 37 x 30 x 4 cm 14.5 x 11.75 in (37 x 30 cm)
Estimate Rs 7,00,000 - 9,00,000 $10,000 - 12,860 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 8,40,000 \| $12,000 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 87

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 - 1911) Himalayan Journals JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, Himalayan Journals: Or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, & c., London: John Murray, 1854 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: xxvii; [3]; 408 pages including 4 colour lithographic plates and 45 black and white wood-engraved in-text illustrations along with 2 black and white folded maps at the end Volume II: xii; 487 pages including 12 coloured lithographic plates; 35 wood-engraved in-text illustrations Bound in full polished calf, spines with five raised bands, gilt decoration, marbled edges and endpapers 22 x 15 x 4 cm (each) 8.75 x 6 in (22 x 15 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000 $1,430 - 1,790 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 1,70,400 \| $2,434 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 88

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W L L Scott Views in The Himalayas MRS W L L SCOTT, Views in The Himalayas: Drawn on the spot by Mrs W L L Scott, London: Messrs Henry Graves & Co, 1852 Lithographed title in red, leaf of explanation and dedication leaf; double-column printed in blue; 15 tinted lithographs showing the mountains around Simla and the plains surrounding Kussowlie, local residences, views of Koomarsen and Khotghur. Glossary on climate, costume, animals, birds, agricultural products etc. Modern half red Morocco over red cloth, with gilt letters over the upper board and spine along with coloured endpapers 62.5 x 45.5 x 2 cm 24.5 x 18 in (62.5 x 45.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 7,50,000 - 9,00,000 $10,715 - 12,860 NON-EXPORTABLE Details

Lot 89

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James Baillie Fraser (1783 - 1856) Views in the Himala Mountains JAMES BAILLIE FRASER, Views in the Himala Mountains, London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820 Loose aquatint title, and 20 loose finely hand-coloured plates by R Havell and son after J B Fraser, on thick paper. Each print measuring 45 x 59.5 cm. With green mount measuring 66 x 81.5 cm Housed in two blue half leather-bound with matching blue cloth board along with gilt title on a black label to the front board and at the spine 84.5 x 71 x 6.5 cm (Solander box) 33.25 x 28 in (84.5 x 71 cm)
Estimate Rs 30,00,000 - 40,00,000 $42,860 - 57,145 NON-EXPORTABLE Details

Lot 90

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George Francis White (1808 - 1898) Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya Mountains GEORGE FRANCIS WHITE, Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya Mountains, London: Fisher Sons and Co, 1838 x; 94 pages including 1 black and white steel engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white steel engraved vignette title; 35 steel engraved plates with tissue guards Contemporary leather bound with gilt decoration on the front and back boards along with gilt decoration on the spine with 4 raised bands 32.5 x 26 x 2.7 cm 12.75 x 10.25 in (32.5 x 26 cm)
Estimate Rs 35,000 - 45,000 $500 - 645 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 42,000 \| $600 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 91

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Maria Graham (1785 - 1842) Journal of Residence of India MARIA GRAHAM, Journal of Residence of India, Edinburgh and London: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 211 pages; 1 hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece; 2 folding engraved plates; 13 engraved plates (one of the Castle and Parade at Cape Town and another of St. James's Town St. Helena) Half leather-bound with cloth boards and gilt text at the spine 27 x 22.5 x 2.5 cm 10.75 x 8.75 in (27 x 22.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 40,000 - 50,000 $575 - 715 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 48,000 \| $686 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 92

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Louis Rousselet (1845 - 1929) India and its Native Princes LOUIS ROUSSELET, India and its Native Princes: Travels in Central India and in the residencies of Bombay and Bengal, London: Chapman and Hall, 1876 xviii; 579 numbered pages including 1 full-page engraved frontispiece; 112 black and white full-page engraved plates; 217 black and white plates and 6 black and white maps Original, ornamental green cloth cover, intricately blind, gilt embossed, front cover 35.5 x 29.5 x 5.5 cm 14 x 11.5 in (35.5 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 65,000 - 75,000 $930 - 1,075 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 69,720 \| $996 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 93

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Thomas Rowlandson The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan THOMAS ROWLANDSON, The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan: A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos, London: Thomas Jegg, 1816 x; 252 pages, 1 folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece; 1 hand colour aquatint pictorial title; 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates illustrated with engravings by Thomas Rowlandson and 1 with sepia wash Half leather bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine 24 x 15 x 2.5 cm 9.5 x 6 in (24 x 15 cm)
Estimate Rs 80,000 - 1,00,000 $1,145 - 1,430 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,371 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 94

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Reverend Hobart Caunter and Thomas Bacon The Oriental Annual The Oriental Annual: Containing a Series of Tales, Legends, and Historical Romances, London: Edward Bull, 1834-1840 (Set of 7 Volumes) Volume I: (1834); 254 pages including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece, 1 black and white engraved vignette title and 23 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell, R A and a descriptive account by the Reverend Hobart Caunter Volume II: (1835); 242 including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece, 1 black and white engraved vignette title and 20 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell, R A and a descriptive account by the Reverend Hobart Caunter Volume III: (1836); 297 including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece, 1 black and white engraved vignette title and 20 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell, R A and a descriptive account by the Reverend Hobart Caunter Volume IV: (1837); 240 including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece, 1 black and white engraved vignette title and 20 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell, R A and a descriptive account by the Reverend Hobart Caunter 0.5 x 0.5 in (1 x 1 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,00,000 - 2,50,000 $2,860 - 3,575 NON-EXPORTABLE Details

Lot 95

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James Fergusson (1808 - 1886) Illustrations of Rock-Cut Temples of India a) JAMES FERGUSSON, Illustrations of Rock-Cut Temples of India: Selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore. Drawn on stone by Mr T C Dibdin, from sketches carefully made on the spot, with the assistance of the Camera-Lucida in the years 1838-39, by James Fergusson, Esq., London: John Weale, 1845 1 Lithographed frontispiece and 18 lithographed plates; two plates with two scenes, after Fergusson by T C Dibdin. All plates are captioned as 'From A Sketch by Jas. Fergusson Esqr.' (except title plate and plate XI) and signed as drawn and lithographed by T C Dibdin and printed by M and N Hanhart. Each numbered plate carries the publisher's imprint of John Weale - except plate 6, 8, 15. The work is dedicated by James Fergusson "To the President and Fellows of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland". Original brown cloth with gilt lettering 55.5 x 38 x1.5 cm 21.75 x 15 in (55.5 x 38 cm)
Estimate Rs 3,00,000 - 4,00,000 $4,290 - 5,715 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 3,60,000 \| $5,143 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 96

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Trelawney Saunders (1808 - 1886) Books on Maps of India (Set of 2) a) 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 377 pages including 12 Maps with tables and notes including one double-page folding map Original cloth board with fresh spine 59 x 35.5 x 1.5 cm 23.25 x 14 in (59 x 35.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000 $1,430 - 1,790 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 2,40,000 \| $3,429 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 97

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Joseph Conder, R Montgomery Martin, Sir Lepel Griffin et al (Set of 12) a) JOSEPH CONDER, The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description. Geographical, Historical, and Topographical of the Various Countries of the Globe, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin: Printed for James Duncan; Oliver and Boyd, M Ogle and R M Tims, 1828 (Set of 4 Volumes) Volume I: 359 pages and folded map Volume II: 372 pages and 3 plates Volume III: 390 pages and 5 plates Volume IV: 376 pages and 7 plates Half leather bound 15 x 9.5 x 3 cm (each) 0.5 x 0.5 in (1 x 1 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,25,000 - 1,75,000 $1,790 - 2,500 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 2,55,360 \| $3,648 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 98

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Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar (1817 - 1849) Des Prinzen Waldemar Von Preussen Nach Indien ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, Des Prinzen Waldemar Von Preussen Nach Indien, Berlin: Deckerschen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, 1853 (4 parts in 2 volumes) Large folio; tinted lithographed portrait of Waldemar; 2 pictorial tinted lithographed additional titles by Bellermann after Kretzschmer after Prince Waldemar; 4 divisional half-titles; 9 hand-coloured engraved maps and plans on 6 sheets and 104 fine tinted lithographed plates by Bellermann and others. A. Haun and others after sketches and drawings by Prince Waldemar and others (one double-page). Original brown cloth by Leisegang of Berlin, upper covers decorated in gilt with large Prussian eagle and lettered in gilt 59 x 45 x 4 cm (each) 23.25 x 17.75 in (59 x 45 cm)
Estimate Rs 8,00,000 - 10,00,000 $11,430 - 14,290 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 9,60,000 \| $13,714 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 99

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Count Emanuel Andrasy (1821 - 1891) Reise des Grafen Emanuel Andrasy in Ostindien, Ceylon, Java, China und Bengalen COUNT EMANUEL ANDRASY, Reise des Grafen Emanuel Andrasy in Ostindien, Ceylon, Java, China und Bengalen, Pest: Hermann Geibel, 1859 [6], 106, [2] pages with hand-coloured tinted lithograph frontispiece and 15 similar plates by V Adam, Eugene Ciceri, H Clerget & Bayot, J David, J Laurens, and Bachelier after Andrassy; printed by Lemercier in Paris, wood-engraved title vignette and initials Original green half Morocco, matching Morocco-grain cloth sides, flat bands within gilt rules to spine, second compartment lettered in gilt, titles and a pictorial vignette of tiger hunt gilt to front cover, white moire cloth endpapers, cloth inner hinges 60.5 x 45 x 3 cm 23.75 x 17.75 in (60.5 x 45 cm)
Estimate Rs 9,00,000 - 11,00,000 $12,860 - 15,715 NON-EXPORTABLE Details

Lot 100

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Captain Robert Melville Grindlay (1786 - 1877) Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India Captain Melville Grindlay, Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India, London: R Ackermann; Elder, Smith and Co., 1826-1830 (Six parts in 2 Volumes) 134 pages including part titles in parts II-VI, advertisement leaf in parts II, IV & VI. Engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, lithographed title for Volume II, mounted on India paper, and thirty-six aquatint plates on thick paper, engraved by R G Reeve, T Fielding, G Hunt, C Bentley, and others, after drawings by Captain Grindlay, William Westall, Clarkson Stanfield, D. Roberts, Copley Fielding, W. Daniell, and others. Half leather bound with leather corners and brown boards with gilt text at the spine along with 5 raised bands 41.5 x 33 x 2.5 cm (each) 16.25 x 13 in (41.5 x 33 cm)
Estimate Rs 12,00,000 - 15,00,000 $17,145 - 21,430 NON-EXPORTABLE Details	Winning bid Rs 14,40,000 \| $20,571 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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