Monuments Anciens et Modernes de l'Hindoustan (2 Volumes)

Louis-Mathieu Langles, Monuments Anciens et Modernes de l'Hindoustan: Decrits sous le double rapport archaeologique et pittoresque, et precedes d'une notice geographique, d'une notice historique, et d'un discours sur la religion, la legislation et les moeurs des hindou, Paris: P Didot, 1821

(Set of 2 Volumes)
Volume I: [viii], 4, xii, engraved title page with a large vignette after Henry Salt, half-title page, 268 pages including a folding table, Atlas, 3 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline
Volume II: Half-title page, 251 pages including 82 engraved plates, 4 pages errata and 2 pages list of plates in rear
143 engraved plates in all (12 hand-coloured in Volume I including 24 plates after Thomas Daniell)
19th century brown Morocco, ruled in blind, gilt corner-pieces, original marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, spines gilt in compartments, preserved in modern customised (with toggles) book box of Robert & Maria Travis (each)
Book: 40 x 29.5 x 5 cm (each)
Solander box: 41.2 x 30.5 x 6.2 cm (each)
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