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Colonel G B Malleson
(1825 - 1898)
The Indian Mutiny of 1857



COL. G B MALLESON, The Indian Mutiny of 1857, London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1906

xiv; [2] blank; 421 pages including 1 black and white frontispiece; 3 black and white portraits; 3 black and white plans and sketch
Beautifully bound in full leather
19.1 x 14 x 3.8 cm

Rare Fore-Edge Painting of Taj Mahal

The present lot details the 1857 uprising against the British in India, recounted by Colonel George Bruce Malleson, an English officer who served in India from 1842 through the second Anglo-Burmese War. The leather-bound volume contains an unusual fore-edge painting depicting the Taj Mahal. Fore-edge paintings are rare, unique embellishments to otherwise less significant, mass-produced bound books, and comprise scenes painted on the unbound edge of a book, which usually becomes visible when the book is fanned out or opened. (Fore-edge Painting, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, virginiahistory.org, online) This decorative technique dates back to the Middle Ages in Europe and was practised through the 18th century by bookbinders, but was less common in the 19th century.







  Lot 27 of 101  

ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS AUCTION
15-16 JANUARY 2020
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Winning Bid
Rs 2,00,400
$2,863
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


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Category: Books


 









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