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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 1
Untitled [A Suite of Four Monumental Mezzotints on the Fall of Tipu Sultan] - After Henri Singleton and Robert Kerr Porter - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Untitled [A Suite of Four Monumental...
 a) Luigi Schiavonetti after Sir Robert Ker Porter
The body of Tippoo Sultaun recognised by his family (Le Corps du Sultan Tippoo reconnu par sa Famille)
October 15, 1801

b) N Schiavonetti after Henry Singleton
The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultan (Dernier Effort et Mort du Sultan Tippoo)
August 15, 1802
c) Anthony Cardon after Henry Singleton
The surrender of two sons of Tippoo Sultan (La Reddition des Deux Fils du Sultan Tippoo)
August 15, 1802

d) Anthony Cardon after Henry Singleton
The Assault and taking of Seringapatam (Assaut et Prise de Seringapatam)
August 15, 1802

Stipple engraving and etching with later hand colouring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream wove paper (each)
22 x 26 in (56 x 66.3 cm)

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Lot 2
Notes Relative to the Late Transactions in the Marhatta Empire. Fort William, December 15, 1803 - Attributed to Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Notes Relative to the Late Transactions in the Marhatta Empire. Fort William, December 15, 1803

 [Attributed to] Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, Notes Relative to the Late Transactions in the Marhatta Empire. Fort William, December 15, 1803, London: Printed for J Debrett, 1804

2 parts in one volume
Part I: 115 pages
Part II: 177 pages and 6 folding engraved hand-coloured battle plans
Contemporary full speckled calf, single gilt fillet border with decorative roll-tooling in blind and gilt along the edges; spine with raised bands in six compartments, double gilt rules, and a dark green morocco label titled in gilt; board edges gilt; marbled paper edges
10.75 x 8.75 in (27.5 x 22.5 cm)

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Lot 3
The Death of Coll. Moorhouse, at the Storming of Bangalore - Ebenezer Stalker after Robert Home - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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The Death of Coll. Moorhouse, at the...
 Hand-coloured line and stipple engraving with aquatint on wove paper
 Sheet size: 19.2 x 24 in (49 x 61 cm)

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Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings - Anonymous - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings

 Anonymous, Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, and 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings, London: Printed for E. Williams, 11 Strand, Bookseller to the King, and to the Duke and Duchess of York, and Sold by All Other Booksellers, 1820.

363 pages with engraved title vignette and 3 large folding maps/plans, including: Sketch of the General Position of the British Army, during the late Mahratta Campaign, Sketch of the Battle of Mahudpoor, Dec. 21st, 1817,? and Rough Sketch of the Ground Plan of Asserghur its Outworks, Pettah & c.; contemporary marbled paper boards, sympathetically rebacked in modern brown morocco; spine ruled in gilt, with direct-lettered gilt title.
8.5 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.7 x 14 x 2.5 cm)

Ink ownership inscription on the half-title: “Ex Libris Maria Cowes, St. Martin’s House, Jersey,” and a later signature on the title page.

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A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India: Under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings 1813 to 1818 - Henry Thoby Prinsep - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Henry Thoby Prinsep (1793 - 1878)

A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India: Under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings 1813 to 1818

 Henry Thoby Prinsep, A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India: Under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings, 1813 to 1818, London: John Murray, 1820. First edition.

pp. xix, [1] (errata), 533, [1] (blank); complete with a folding engraved frontispiece map titled "“A Map of the Seat of War in India, 1817:-18. Compiled and drawn for the use of the commander in Chiefs Office fort William, Bengal, and published by permission" by Sidney Hall; contemporary full polished calf, spine with five compartments separated by double gilt fillets, direct gilt lettering to spine; red silk ribbon marker retained.
11.25 x 9 x 1.25 in (28.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm)

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The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing. [sic], with an introductory sketch of the origin and rise of the Sikh state - W G Osborne - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

vi + [2] + xliv + 45-236 pages, including 16 engravings of Sher Singh, Akali, Sikh Armour, and Fakirs; Publisher's dark green vertically ribbed cloth with elaborate blind-stamped floral corner ornaments; gilt vignette of Maharaja Ranjit Singh on horseback to upper board, blind-stamped back board, and spine lettered in gilt, all edges uncut. Housed in a custom archival slipcase, half dark green morocco over marbled paper boards, the spine with twin gilt fillets and floral tools in compartments, and titled in gilt in a period style.
9.25 x 6 x 1 in (23.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm)

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Lot 7
Charge of the 16th at Aliwal, January 28th 1846 - After Henry Yule - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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After Henry Yule (1820 - 1889)

Charge of the 16th at Aliwal, January...
 Original hand-coloured lithograph on paper
 13 x 17.5 in (33 x 44.5 cm)

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Lot 8
Sketches in Scinde - William Edwards - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Sketches in Scinde

 William Edwards, Sketches in Scinde, London: Graves, 1846

Lithograph title, 11 later hand-coloured lithographed plates by Haghe & Williams, plan of Scinde (each measuring 28.5 x 40 cm), all mounted on the card within ink-ruled borders, text page, a dedication leaf, and plan; original quarter red morocco, gilt embossed emblems to upper cover.
21.5 x 14.25 x 0.5 in (54.5 x 36.5 x 1.5 cm)

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Lot 9
Mooltan, a Series of Sketches, During and After the Siege - John Dunlop - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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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

Tinted lithographed title page and 21 tinted lithograph plates by Andrew Maclure after Dunlop, some hand coloured [?]; original cloth boards, rebacked in Morocco, housed in a custom-made, modern fold-over solander case by Robert & Maria Travis covered in textured brown silk with circular auspicious motifs, secured with bone clasp fastenings.
15 x 11 x 1 in (38 x 28 x 2.5 cm)

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Lot 10
The Defence of the Arrah House - After William Tayler - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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After William Tayler (1808 - 1892)

The Defence of the Arrah House
 Polychrome lithograph print on original mount with gold border
 Print size: 13.25 x 20 in (33.5 x 50.5 cm)
Sheet size: 15.25 x 21.75 in (39 x 55.5 cm)

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Lot 11
Untitled [A Suite of Three Lithographs Depicting the 10th (Prince of Wales‘s Own) Hussars in India] - E Walker after Fairlie - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Untitled [A Suite of Three Lithographs...
a) E Walker after Fairlee
The Tenth in India, Kirkee. 1854 – The March Past in Review Order
1855

b) E Walker after Fairlee
The Tenth in India, Kirkee. 1854 – In Front of The Main Guard
1855

c) E Walker after Fairlee
The Tenth in India, Kirkee. 1854 – Drill Order
1855
Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper (each)
10.75 x 14.75 in (27.5 x 37.5 cm) (each)

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Lot 12
The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper (Vols. V & VI, July 1857 – June 1858) - Anonymous - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper (Vols. V & VI, July 1857 – June 1858)

 Anonymous, The Illustrated Times, London: David Bogue, 1857–1858

2 volumes (Volume V: July–December 1857; Volume VI: January–June 1858)

Volume V, comprising nos. 115–142, 4 July–26 December 1857, continuously paginated: [viii], 448 pp. Contents as follows:
No. 115 (4 July): viii, 16 pp.; Nos. 116 & 117 (11 July): pp. 17–48; No. 118 (18 July): pp. 49–64; No. 119 (25 July): pp. 65–80; No. 120 (1 August): pp. 81–96; No. 121 (8 August): pp. 97–112; No. 122 (15 August): pp. 113–128; No. 123 (22 August): pp. 129–144; No. 124 (29 August): pp. 145–160; No. 125 (5 September): pp. 161–176; No. 126 (12 September): pp. 177–192; No. 127 (19 September): pp. 193–208; No. 128 (26 September): pp. 209–224; No. 129 (3 October): pp. 225–240; No. 130 (10 October): pp. 241–256; No. 131 (17 October): pp. 257–272; No. 132 (24 October): pp. 273–288; No. 133 (31 October): pp. 289–304; No. 134 (7 November): pp. 305–320; No. 135 (14 November): pp. 321–336; No. 136 (21 November): pp. 337–352; No. 137 (28 November): pp. 353–368; No. 138 (5 December): pp. 369–384; No. 139 (12 December): pp. 385–400; Nos. 140 & 141 (19 December): pp. 401–432; No. 142 (26 December): pp. 433–448.

Volume VI, comprising nos. 143–169, 2 January–26 June 1858, continuously paginated: [viii], 452 pp. Contents as follows:
No. 143 (2 January 1858): viii, 16; No. 144 (9 January): pp. 17–32; No. 145 (16 January): pp. 33–48; No. 146 (16 January): pp. 49–72; No. 147 (23 January): pp. 73–88; No. 148 (30 January): pp. 89–108; No. 149 (6 February): pp. 109–132; No. 150 (13 February): pp. 133–148; No. 151 (20 February): pp. 149–164; No. 152 (27 February): pp. 165–180; No. 153 (6 March): pp. 181–196; No. 154 (13 March): pp. 197–212; No. 155 (20 March): pp. 213–228; No. 156 (27 March): pp. 229–244; No. 157 (3 April): pp. 245–260; No. 158 (10 April): pp. 261–276; No. 159 (17 April): pp. 277–292; No. 160 (24 April): pp. 293–308; No. 161 (1 May): pp. 309–324; No. 162 (8 May): pp. 325–340; No. 163 (15 May): pp. 341–356; No. 164 (22 May): pp. 357–372; No. 165 (29May): pp. 373–388; No. 166 (5 June): pp. 389–404; No. 167 (12 June): pp. 405–420; No. 168 (19 June): pp. 421–436; No. 169 (26 June): pp. 437–452
Hundreds of pages profusely illustrated with wood engravings throughout most of them by Soltykoff, including dramatic double-page war scenes, courtly portraits, satirical vignettes, and detailed architectural views; contemporary fine bindings of half black morocco over marbled paper boards, spines gilt in five compartments with gilt text. (each)
39 x 27 cm (each)

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Lot 13
The Indian Empire Illustrated [48 parts] - Robert Montgomery Martin - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Robert Montgomery Martin (1801 - 1868)

The Indian Empire Illustrated [48 parts]

 Robert Montgomery Martin, The Indian Empire Illustrated, London: London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, 48 parts, [1858–c.1861]

Forty-eight original fascicules of The Indian Empire Illustrated are each housed in their original orange pictorial wrappers, which feature elaborate wood-engraved cover vignettes depicting a royal procession with an elephant and domed Mughal-style architecture; they are printed in multiple parts and decorative borders with titles printed in black and red. Cover with the letterpress caption “MUTINIES IN INDIA!” and the subtitle “From the Earliest Period to the Suppression of the Revolt.” These fascicules are stitched along the spine, and the total number of illustrations varies per issue, typically ranging from 1 to 4 per part. Additionally, some parts include extra notices to subscribers and announcements for “Premium Plates,” notably featuring the Storming of Delhi engraving in the final part. Housed within a bespoke archival solander chest, the box is covered in hand-marbled paper over blue morocco-style cloth sides, with the lid secured with ribbon ties and the interior lined in textured red faux-suede marbled paper. A gilt-lettered black leather label is attached to the side panel, reading “THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED/PART 1–48.”
11 x 7.5 in (28.3 x 19.5 cm) (each)
6.75 x 12.75 x 9.75 in (17.5 x 32.5 x 25 cm) (solander box)

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Lot 14
Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow: From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham with Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude - Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow: From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham with Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude
Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham, Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow: From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham with Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, London: Day and Son, 1858

[12] pages; later hand-coloured tinted lithographed title page with vignette and 26 later hand-coloured fine tinted lithographed views on 17 plates, with tissue new guards; publisher's dark brown cloth-covered boards, tooled in blind and title embossed in gilt on the boards with fresh spine
22.5 x 15 x 0.5 in (57 x 38.5 x 1.2 cm)

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

42 pages, including 1 tinted lithograph title plate and 25 tinted lithographs, including 6 plates with two scenes, each with descriptive letterpress and red half-leather binding with original gilt-stamped pictorial front cover.
22.5 x 15 x 0.75 in (57.5 x 38 x 2 cm)

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Lot 16
The Book of the Sword - Sir Richard Francis 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 Sword

 Sir Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto & Windus, 1884

[2], xxxix, [1], 299, [1] pp. With 293 black and white illustrations in the text; original publisher’s deluxe binding in bevelled tan cloth, decorative stamping to the upper cover with an elaborate panel design featuring a central illustration of a sword in relief, flanked by geometric motifs and stylised borders, incorporating orientalist and mediaeval elements reflective of Burton’s thematic interest. The spine lettered and ruled in gilt, featuring the title and author’s name in a single compartment; floral or scabbard motif. Housed in a custom modern slipcase of green morocco-backed cloth over boards, gilt-ruled and titled along the spine.
10.5 x 7.5 in (27.1 x 18.9 cm)

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Lot 17
Moodkee: Charge of the 3rd King‘s Own Light Dragoons Dec 18. 1845 - Alfred Clarence Alais after Ernest Crofts - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Moodkee: Charge of the 3rd King‘s Own...
 Photogravure on paper
 Print size: 20 x 30.25 in (50.5 x 77 cm)
Sheet size: 20.75 x 31.75 in (52.6 x 80.5 cm)

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Lot 18
Asia recens summa cura delineata - Johannes Janssonius - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Johannes Janssonius (1588 - 1664)

Asia recens summa cura delineata
 Later hand-coloured copper engraving on paper
 Map size: 14.75 x 19.5 in (37.5 x 49.5 cm)
Sheet size: 15.25 x 20.25 in (39 x 51.5 cm)

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Lot 19
Carte des Indes et de la Chine. Dressée sur plusieurs Relations rectifiées par quelques Observations - Guillaume de L’isle - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Guillaume de L’isle (1675 - 1726)

Carte des Indes et de la Chine. Dressée ...
 Original hand-coloured copper engraving on paper
 24.25 x 24.5 in (61.5 x 62 cm)

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Carte des Indes Orientales - Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d`Anville - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Carte des Indes Orientales
 Original hand-coloured copper engraving on paper
 20.5 x 34 in (52 x 86.5 cm)

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