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John Tillotson or J H Stocqueler?, The Route of the Overland Mail to India. From Southampton to India. Thirty two plates, from drawings by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, Absolon, Herring. Sen., D. Roberts, R.A.Weir and other eminent artists, London: Atchley & Co. Printed by Leighton Brothers, [c.1860]

8 black and white wood engraved plates and 24 tinted lithographs by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, Absolon, Herring, D. Roberts, R.A. Weir, etc. with new tissue guards; original blue decorative cloth binding with ornamental floral pattern debossed on the front and back boards; marbled endpapers and pastedowns; new leather spine bound
45 x 30 x 1.2 cm

LIST OF PLATES:
1. Title page / 2. Southampton Docks / 3. Isle of Wicht, Osborne / 4. The Needles / 5. Bay of Biscay, Berlincas / 6. Cape Trafalcar / 7. The Tacus / 8. Cintra / 9. Tarifa / 10. Cibraltar / 11. Malta / 12. Alciers / 13. Pantalaria and Caleita / 14. Alexandria / 15. Mahmoudic Canal / 16. Boulac / 17. Cairo / 18. Joseph's Well / 19. The Cemetery / 20. The Central Station / 21. The Dead Camel / 22. Encampment by night / 23. Women drawing water / 24. Moors and Arabs on horseback / 25. Suez / 26. Aden / 27. The Red Sea / 28. Jeddah / 29. Mocha / 30. Point de Galle, Ceylon / 31. Madras / 32. Calcutta

Authorship has variously been attributed to John Tillotson or Joachim Hayward Stocqueler. The book has small circular blind-stamp of the Library of Arts, 106 Great Russell Street, outside lower left margin of title page (as often). Some of the book have a prospectus which mentions the full title as "The Route of the Overland Mail to India. From Southampton to India. Thirty-two plates, from drawings by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, Absolon, Herring. Sen., D. Roberts, R.A. Weir and other eminent artists". The prospectus has the descriptive text for the plates. The book in the present lot is without the prospectus.

To be viewed on a revolving stage accompanied by commentary and music, the plates portray painted scenes that were inspired by the ports and locations visited by P&O (the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company founded in 1837) passengers during their voyages abroad.

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