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Select Views in Mysore - Robert  Home - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Robert Home (1752 - 1834)

Select Views in Mysore

ROBERT HOME, Select Views in Mysore: The country of Tippoo Sultan; from drawings taken on the spot by Mr Home; with historical descriptions, London: Mr Bowyer, 1794

vii; 29 copper-engraved plates by Fittler, Byrne and others after Robert Home; 48 pages with descriptive text for each plate in English and Urdu
Quarter leather binding with marbled boards and gilt title at the spine
35 x 29 x 2.5 cm

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Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore - Robert Hyde Colebrook - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Robert Hyde Colebrook (1762 - 1808)

Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore

ROBERT H COLEBROOK, Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore: The Country of Tippoo Sultan from drawings taken on the spot, To which are annexed, Concise Descriptions of the Places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the Operations of the Army during the late War, and a few other particulars, London: Edward Orme, 1805

Title, dedication and 6 sheets of letterpress text, 12 original hand-coloured aquatint plates, with colour-washed borders by John William Edy, after Colebrook.
Leather bound with gilt text on the front board and at the spine
49 x 65.5 x 1.5 cm

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The Ruins of Gour - Henry  Creighton - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Henry Creighton (1764 - 1807)

The Ruins of Gour

HENRY CREIGHTON, The Ruins of Gour: Described and Represented in Eighteen Views, with a Topographical Map, Compiled from the manuscripts and drawings of the late H Creighton, London: Black, Parbury & Allen, 1817

[iv], iii, 12, [38] pages, includes half-title and list of views; 14 of 15 hand-coloured [1 tipped-in photocopy of the original plate] and 3 uncoloured aquatint plates by T Medland, large folding hand-coloured map etched by Thomas Fisher, East India House, after Creighton dated 1811
Contemporary polished leather-bound with decorative gilt border to the front and back boards along with the gilt text at the spine with 4 raised bands
29 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm

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The Ruins of Mandoo - Captain Claudius Harris and J Guiaud - Antiquarian Books Auction
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The Ruins of Mandoo

CAPTAIN CLAUDIUS HARRIS AND J GUIAUD, The Ruins of Mandoo: The Ancient Mahommedan Capital of Malwah in Central India by J Guiand, of Nice from Original Sketches of captain Claudius Harris of 8th Madras Light Cavalry with Descriptive and Historical Notices, and an Appendix, London: Day and Son, 1859

6 loose colour plates, each measuring 27.5 x 37.5 cm with an off-white mount
Housed in a blue half leather-bound solander box with gilt title to spine
27.5 x 37.5 x 5 cm (box)

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Sketch of Mairwara - Charles George Dixon - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Sketch of Mairwara

CHARLES GEORGE DIXON, Sketch of Mairwara: Giving a Brief Account of the Origin and Habits of the Mairs; Their Subjugation by a British force; Their Civilisation, and Conversion into an Industrious Peasantry; with descriptions of various works of irrigation in Mairwara and Ajmeer, constructed to facilitate the operations of agriculture, and guard the districts against drought and famine, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1850

vi; 241 pages including 9 tinted lithographed plates after C Herbert and F J Burgess (of which 8 are of the views); 2 folding maps (one large hand-coloured on thin linen); and 18 plans and maps of irrigation systems (4 double-page, 9 folding); 3 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; advertisement leaf at end
Contemporary leather bound with gilt text at the spine with 4 raised bands
28.5 x 22 x 4 cm

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Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam - Captain John Butler - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam

CAPTAIN JOHN BUTLER, Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam: During a Residence of Fourteen years, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1854

x; 268 including 8 tinted lithograph plates; 2 folding maps in the pocket at the end
Original leather-bound with marbled edges and fresh spine
22 x 15 x 2.5 cm

Author's Inscribed Copy

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The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies - Sir John Chardin - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Sir John Chardin (1643 - 1713)

The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies

SIR JOHN CHARDIN, The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies: Through the Black-Sea, and the Country of Colchis, London: Moses Pitt in Duke-Street Westminster, 1686

2 parts in one volume
xiv, 264, 331-417, blank, [8], [2], 154, [5] pages; complete with the frontispiece portrait of the author, a folding engraved map of the Black Sea and surrounding countries; and 16 plates, 11 of which are folding, along with a couple of engravings in the text.
Original publisher's boards with fresh spine
32.5 x 21 x 5 cm

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Travels in Western India - Lieutenant Colonel James Tod - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Travels in Western India

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES TOD, Travels in Western India: Embracing a Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the Most Celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith between Rajpootana and the Indus; with an Account of Ancient City of Nehrwalla, London: William H Allen, 1839

lx; 518 pages, [ii page errata]; 8 engraved and 1 black and white lithographed plate; 3 black and white vignettes
Half Morocco with decorated spines in gilt
31 x 25 x 4 cm

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The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant - Monsieur de Thevenot - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Monsieur de Thevenot (1633 - 1667)

The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant

MONSIEUR DE THEVENOT, The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant: In Three Parts. viz. Into I. Turkey II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, London: Printed by H Clark, for H Faithorn, [et al.], 1687

(3 parts in one volume)
First English edition. folio [38], 291, [3], 108, 105-200, [2], 93, [1], 91-114, [4] pages, with an engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, each part with separate title-page
Recent full brown calf antique, gilt-decorated spine in compartments, red Morocco label in 1
33.5 x 21 x 4.5 cm

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Cutch; or Random Sketches - Marianne  Postans - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Cutch; or Random Sketches

MARIANNE POSTANS, Cutch; or Random Sketches: Taken During a Residence in One of the Northern Provinces of Western India; Interspersed with Legends and Traditions, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1839

283 pages including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white engraved vignette title; 1 black and white engraved map; 1 folded colour engraved plate and 12 engraved colour plate from original drawings by the author
Clothbound with blind, gilt embossed on the spine
23 x 15 x 2.1 cm

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General Views and Special Point of Interest of the City of Lucknow - Lieutenant Colonel D S Dodgson - Antiquarian Books Auction
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General Views and Special Point of Interest of the City of Lucknow

LIEUTENANT COLONEL D S DODGSON, General Views and Special Point of Interest of the City of Lucknow: From drawings Made on the Spot by Lieut Col D S Dodgson, A A C, with descriptive notices, London: Day and Son; Lithographers to the Queen, 1860

34 pages including 29 colour plates in all; 2 pages with 1 drawing; 2 pages with 4 drawings; 4 pages with 2 drawings; 3 pages with 3 drawings
Hardened Buckram in dark brown, with gilt title on the front board
57 x 38 x 1.5 cm

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Mooltan, a Series of Sketches, During and After the Siege - John  Dunlop - Antiquarian Books Auction
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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 and 21 tinted lithograph plates by Andrew Maclure
Quarter leather-bound with marbled boards and gilt title at the spine
37 x 26.5 x 3 cm

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Sketches in Scinde - William  Edwards - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Sketches in Scinde

WILLIAM EDWARDS, Sketches in Scinde, London: Graves, 1846

Lithograph title; 10 of 11 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Haghe & Williams, plan of Scinde (each measuring 28.5 x 40 cm, 1 missing), all mounted on the card within ink ruled borders, loose as issued; a photocopy of the text page, a dedication leaf, and plan
Preserved in blue half leather-bound with matching blue cloth-covered solander box with gilt in rule and gilt title
58.5 x 49 x 5 cm (box)

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A Description of Ceylon - James  Cordiner - Antiquarian Books Auction
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James Cordiner (1775 - 1836)

A Description of Ceylon

JAMES CORDINER, A Description of Ceylon: Containing an Account of the Country, Inhabitants, and Natural Productions; with Narratives of a Tour Round the Island in 1800, The Campaign in Candy in 1803, and a Journey to Ramisseram in 1804, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807

(Set of 2 Volumes)
Volume I: 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; xii; 445 pages including 19 black and white engravings (2 folding) and 1 black and white map
Volume II: 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; vi; 360 pages including 3 black and white engravings; 2-page advertisements bound at the end
Full leather bound with the original spine
28 x 22 x 4 cm (each)

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A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel - Philippus  Baldaeus - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Philippus Baldaeus (1632 - 1671)

A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel

PHILIP BALDAEUS, A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel: As also of the Life of Ceylon, with all the adjacent Kingdom, London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704

(IIIrd part of IIIrd volume)
338 pages (pp. 563-901) including engraved frontispiece; engraved title page; 78 black and white engraved plates; 20 black and white engraved maps and plans (all but three double-page) and index pages
Contemporary half leather-bound with leather corners, spine with raised bands and red and green Morocco label
33 x 21 x 4 cm (each)

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Sketches of Native Life in India, with Views in Rajpootana, Simlah, etc. - Charles Richard Francis - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Charles Richard Francis (1821 - 1901)

Sketches of Native Life in India, with Views in Rajpootana, Simlah, etc.

CHARLES RICHARD FRANCIS, Sketches of Native Life in India, with Views in Rajpootana, Simlah, etc., London: Meldola, Cahn & Co., 1848

iv; [1] blank page; 30 pages including 22 tinted lithographed plates by J C Anderson after C H Fairland; list of plates; 4 pages of list of subscribers at the end; errata slip pasted at the end
Blue cloth board with gilt text on the front board
36 x 27 x 1.1 cm

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Lahore to Yarkand - George Henderson and Allan O Hume - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Lahore to Yarkand

GEORGE HENDERSON AND ALLAN O HUME, Lahore to Yarkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T.D. Forsyth, London: L. Reeve & Co., 1873

xvi; 370 pages; 32 ornithological and 6 botanical hand-coloured lithographed plates; 26 heliotype illustrations on 16 plates; 3 plans (2 in colour)
Contemporary leather bound with leather corners and marbled boards along with the gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands
26.5 x 17.2 x 4 cm

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Books on Delhi (Set of two) - H C Fanshawe and Fanny Peile - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Books on Delhi (Set of two)

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H C FANSHAWE, Delhi Past and Present, London: John Murray, 1902

xx; 337 pages; frontispiece; illustrated with 49 black and white views of Delhi; 10 black and white plans of Delhi; 1 black and white folding map in the pocket along with a 7-page leaflet
Original blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt title on the front board and on the spine
23 x 15 x 4.5 cm

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Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard - Major John Luard - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Major John Luard (1790 - 1875)

Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard

MAJOR JOHN LUARD, Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar, Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Major John Luard, London: J. Graf, printer to Her Majesty, circa 1832-38

244 pages including 1 hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece; 1 hand-coloured lithographed title page; 59 hand-coloured lithograph plates and having a descriptive text for each plate
Half leather-bound with leather corners and new marbled boards with gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands
36.6 x 27 x 3.5 cm

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Hindostan, Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs - Emma  Roberts - Antiquarian Books Auction
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Emma Roberts (1791 - 1840)

Hindostan, Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs

EMMA ROBERTS, Hindostan, Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs; the Shores of the Red Sea, and the Sublime and Romantic Scenery of the Himalaya Mountains, London: The Caxton Press for Fisher, Son & Co., 1846

(Set of 2 Volumes in 1).br.128; 104 pages and 99 black and white engraved plates
Contemporary gilt-stamped decorated red cloth, with all edges gilt and fresh spine
29 x 23 x 1.5 cm

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