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Narrative of the Celebration of The Jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras - Sir Charles Allen Lawson - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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Narrative of the Celebration of The Jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras

Charles Allen Lawson, Narrative of the Celebration of The Jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Madras, Macmillan & Co, 1887, first edition

xxi + frontispiece carbon print portrait of Queen Victoria by Alexander Bassanoone, coloured map, 38 tipped-in albumen prints, including views of Madras, Conjeeveram, Madura, Ootacamund, Tanjore, Trichinopoly, Vellore, Trivandrum, and many other towns, as well as portraits of The Rajahs of Travancore, Vizianagram, & Cochin, photographers unidentified, but probably attributable to Nicholas & Co, A.T. W. Penn, and others; gilt-embossed morocco boards, all edges gilt
12.25 x 10.25 x 1.75 in (31 x 26 x 4.5 cm)

This is a presentation copy. Inscribed in black ink "Presented to his Grace the Duke of Buckingham / and Chandos: G.C.S.I, on behalf of His Excellency / Lord Connemara: G.C.I.E, the Governor, and the Jubliee/ of Madras. / Signed "C.A.Lawson" / London 25th June 1887"

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