ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS: IN PURSUIT OF THE PICTURESQUE (4-5 MAY 2022)

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Lot 40

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Lieutenant Colonel James Tod (1782 - 1835) 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 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 cloth boards and decorated spine in gilt with 5 raised bands 31 x 25 x 4 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000 $5,335 - 6,670 Details

Lot 81

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Lieutenant Colonel James Tod (1782 - 1835) Annals and Antiquities of Rajas'than or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India (2 Volumes) Lieutenant -Colonel James Tod, Annals and Antiquities of Rajas'than or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1829-32 Volume I: 1829, xxx + 806 pages including 1 black and white frontispiece, 1 engraved plate folded in 8 parts, 1 map hand-coloured in outline and backed on linen, 29 black and white engraved plates mostly by Edward Findon after Patrick Young Waugh, plate list, errata leaf at the end Volume II: 1832, xxxii + 791 pages including 1 black and white frontispiece + 22 black and white engraved plates mostly by Edward Findon after Patrick Young Waugh along with 8 unpublished engravings which appear to have been originally intended by the late Colonel Tod for the illustration of his fine work on Rajasthan, but which for some unknown reasons were omitted. The present proprietor has thought it advisable to print of a few impressions, to add to those copies of the work which have passed into his hands, plate list Modern antique-style half calf, with marbled boards and leather title ticket on the spine with 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, preserved in modern customized (with toggles) book box of Robert & Maria Travis (each) 33 x 27 x 5.5 cm (each) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 5,50,000 - 6,50,000 $7,335 - 8,670 Details

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