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The Bhagvat-Geeta, or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon; in Eighteen Lectures; with Notes: Translated from the original, in the Sanskreet, or ancient language of the Brahmans - Charles  Wilkins - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Charles Wilkins (1749 - 1836)

The Bhagvat-Geeta, or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon; in Eighteen Lectures; with Notes: Translated from the original, in the Sanskreet, or ancient language of the Brahmans

Charles Wilkins, The Bhagvat-Geeta, or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon; in Eighteen Lectures; with Notes: Translated from the original, in the Sanskreet, or ancient language of the Brahmans, Printed for C Nourse, 1785, First edition

156 pages; hardbound in early marble-covered boards with a modern leather spine with gilt text
31.5 x 25 x 2 cm

The first edition of the English translation of the Bhagavad Gita, the most revered text in Hindu scripture.

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Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India - J F Fotheringham - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India

J F Fotheringham, Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India, [London]: C. Moody, [1851]

Lithographic title-page, address leaf, letterpress descriptive text for each plate, 7 lithographic plates by Fotheringham with later hand-colouring, appendix page; full red calf, boards with multiple rules and elaborate floral borders, all gilt, gilt title to upper board
34.5 x 49.7 x 1 cm

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Haemisphaeriorum Tabula Carthesiana P Schenkii - Petrus Schenk  (Pieter Schenck) the Elder - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Haemisphaeriorum Tabula Carthesiana P...
Circa 1700

Copper engraving on paper

Map Size: 19.2 x 23.1 in (49 x 58.8 cm)
With Mount: 25.7 x 29.5 in (65.5 x 75 cm)

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Durbar Panoramas [Set of 2] - Bourne and Shepherd Studios - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Durbar Panoramas [Set of 2]


a) Attributed to Bourne and Shepherd Studios
Untitled (Panoramic View of Delhi Durbar of 1911)
1911
Silver gelatin print on paper
One panoramic photo of the Durbar measuring 7.9 x 22.7 in (20.2 x 57.7 cm) with 1-fold


b) Bourne and Shepherd Studios
Untitled (Panoramic View of Delhi Durbar of 1911)
1911
Silver gelatin print on paper
One panoramic photo of the Durbar measuring 6.6 x 52.5 in (17 x 133.5 cm) with four folds

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Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911: Compiled from the official records under the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [Delux Edition] - Government of India - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911: Compiled from the official records under the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [Delux Edition]

Government of India, The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911: Compiled from the official records under the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, London: Published for the Government of India by John Murray; London and Aylesbury: Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney Ld. and London: Binding by Bain, 1914

xiii, 613 pages including 1 colour frontispiece, 8 colour plates, 2 photogravures, 44 collotypes, 112 black and white plates, 52 colour illuminated head and tail pieces, 4 plans including 1 large folding plan of the Coronation Durbar Area, Delhi at the end of the book; full leather bound in black morocco with gilt monogram of royal arms on the front and back boards, gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands, all edges gilt
32.7 x 27.5 x 8 cm

This is a limited Deluxe Edition. Only 250 copies of this edition were printed. This is copy no. 84.

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Carmonth: Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of Their Services in the Great War. Edited by the Earl of Carnwath, Etc. [With Portraits.] - Ronald Arthur Dalzell  (Earl of Carnwath) - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Carmonth: Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of Their Services in the Great War. Edited by the Earl of Carnwath, Etc. [With Portraits.]

Ronald Arthur Dalzell (Earl of Carnwath.), Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of Their Services in the Great War. With an Introduction by Field-Marshal Earl Haig, London: Zaehnsdorf Ltd, 1922

xv + 543 pages including photogravure frontispieces of King George V and Queen Mary, numerous photographic portraits of Indian rulers to the text throughout by Vandyk, Bassano, W. & D. Downey, F.A. Swaine, and others, the majority of them full-page, text printed throughout within gilt borders; publisher’s vivid blue cloth, title gilt to the spine with an elaborate "oriental window" panel, concentric panels gilt on both boards, a large central scrolled floral lozenge with similar corner pieces to the inner panel, and a red ground on the front board; all edges gilt, housed in a customised solander box with gilt text at the spine
30.5 x 25 x 5 cm
31.8 x 28 x 6 cm (with solander box)

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India. Photographs and Drawings of Historical Buildings. 100 Plates Reproduced By W. Griggs. From the Collection in the Late Office of Curator of Ancient Monuments in India - William  Griggs - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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William Griggs (1832 - 1911)

India. Photographs and Drawings of Historical Buildings. 100 Plates Reproduced By W. Griggs. From the Collection in the Late Office of Curator of Ancient Monuments in India

William Griggs, India. Photographs and Drawings of Historical Buildings. 100 Plates Reproduced By W. Griggs. From the Collection in the Late Office of Curator of Ancient Monuments in India, London: Griggs, 1896

100 plates with short introductory texts at beginning of each chapter; overall, there are 49 chromolithographic plates including gold printing of which 9 are folding; the black and white plates are photographs of monuments, and are depicting artefacts, or are architectural plans, drawings and sections (many of which are folding); the bulk plates (about 70) are connected to Islamic artand architecture; original red full-cloth with upper cover richly decorated in gilt and blind tooled on back enclosed in a customised red leather slipcase
37.5 x 28.5 x 3 cm
39 x 31.5 x 4 cm (with slipcase)

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The Chamber of Princes (Narender Mandal), Delhi, 13th March 1939 - A R Datt - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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The Chamber of Princes (Narender...
1939

Silver gelatin print on paper

Photograph Size: 12 x 21 in (30.6 x 53.5 cm)
With Caption: 17.1 x 21 in (43.5 x 53.5 cm)
With Mount: 20.4 x 34.4 in (52 x 87.5 cm)
With frame: 27.5 x 36.8 x 1.3 in (70 x 93.5 x 3.5 cm)

A silver gelatin print of a large group of ruling princes and chiefs by A. R. Datt which is mounted on a custom decorative foliage mount with an original printed caption listing names of all attending Maharajas mounted on a wooden frame from the photographer’s studio bearing a brass plaque at the lower centre etched "The Chamber of Princes / Delhi / Narendra Mandal / March 1939."

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The Stupa of Bharhut: A Buddhist Monument ornamented with Numerous Sculptures illustrative of Buddhist Legend and History in the Third Century BC - Alexander  Cunningham - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Alexander Cunningham (1814 - 1893)

The Stupa of Bharhut: A Buddhist Monument ornamented with Numerous Sculptures illustrative of Buddhist Legend and History in the Third Century BC

Alexander Cunningham, The Stupa of Bharhut: A Buddhist Monument ornamented with Numerous Sculptures illustrative of Buddhist Legend and History in the Third Century BC, London: W H Allen and Co.; Trübner and Co.; Edward Stanford; W.S. Wittingham and Co.; Thacker and Co., 1879, first edition

vii, 143, [1] pages, 57 lithographic plates on 29 sheets, with 115 mounted Woodburytypes of architectural details; publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, red edges
34 x 26.5 x 2.5 cm

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Portfolio of Indian Architectural Drawings: Part I, Issued by the Government North-West Provinces and Oudh - Edmund W Smith - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Edmund W Smith (1877 - 1938)

Portfolio of Indian Architectural Drawings: Part I, Issued by the Government North-West Provinces and Oudh

Edmund W Smith, Portfolio of Indian Architectural Drawings: Part I, Issued by the Government North-West Provinces and Oudh, London: W H Allen & Co.; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.; Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co.; Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ltd. and Allahabad: The Supt. Govt. Press, North-West Provinces and Oudh, 1897

Title page, [2], 52 loose photolithographed plates by W Griggs including 50 black and white plates and 2 colour plates (plate nos. 39 and 40) each measuring 56 x 38.2 cm; loose as issued in publisher's portfolio cloth with ribbon and gilt text on the front board measuring 56 x 38.2 x 2.8 cm

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Indian Jewellery [Signed by Hendley] - Thomas Holbein Hendley - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Thomas Holbein Hendley (1847 - 1917)

Indian Jewellery [Signed by Hendley]

Thomas Holbein Hendley, Indian Jewellery, Volume XII. Nos. 95-107, London: The Journal of Indian Art, July 1909

[6], 189, [2], iv pages with 167 plates of which 32 are in colour, some heightened in gilt, the others mostly photographic, 135 in monochrome; hardbound. original green gilt embossed publisher's cloth boards
37.5 x 28 x 2.6 cm

Author-signed presentation copy. Inscribed "To / Jasper Burne / With the author's sincere regard / T.Holbein Hendley / December 25th 1909"

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Iqbal: Poet of the East [Signed and numbered in English and signed in Urdu by Chughtai] - Sir Mohammed  Iqbal - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Sir Mohammed Iqbal (1877 - 1938)

Iqbal: Poet of the East [Signed and numbered in English and signed in Urdu by Chughtai]

Sir Mohammad Iqbal (1877-1938), Iqbal: Poet of the East, Lahore: Nissar Art Press, 1968

462 pages including 36 tipped-in colour plates printed by City Engraving Company, Hull, 25 photogravures printed in England, 8 calligraphic plates printed in letter-press and 1 etching; each painting and photogravure has the English translation of Iqbal's quatrain on which it is based on the facing page; original padded leather binding with fine dust jacket as brought out in the deluxe edition by Haji Basheer of Ambala Binders, Lahore
13.9 x 11.6 x 1.9 in (35.5 x 29.5 x 5 cm)

This is the special deluxe edition. Limited to 275 copies printed on Japanese Vellum handmade paper. Signed and numbered by the artist Chughtai. This is copy no. 210.

Signed and numbered in English and signed in Urdu by Chughtai at the last page.

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Jung Indien: Aufsätze aus den jahren 1919 bis 1922 (Young India: Essays from the years 1919 to 1922) [Signed copy by Gandhi] - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Jung Indien: Aufsätze aus den jahren 1919 bis 1922 (Young India: Essays from the years 1919 to 1922) [Signed copy by Gandhi]

Mahatma Gandhi, Jung Indien: Aufsätze aus den jahren 1919 bis 1922 (Young India: Essays from the years 1919 to 1922) , Erlenbach-Zürich, Leipzig - Munich: Rotapfel-Verlag, 1924, 1st edition

xix + 518 + [6] pages; half-linen bound; black, grey-embossed, illustrated cover paper, beige, grey-embossed spine, coloured head edge in green with green end papers
20.5 x 13 cm

Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “London / 1931 / Yours sincerely / M K Gandhi"

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The Story of My Experiments with Truth - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Ahmedabad: Navajivan Press and Navajivan Karyalaya, 1929-33

Volume I: [12] + 602 pages including author's halftone photographic portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard; 1933, reprint of the 1927 first edition.
Volume II: viii + 608 pages including author's halftone photographic portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard; 1929, first edition
Original beige cloth boards with spine and front panel lettered black, uncut edges (each)
9.25 x 6.25 x 2 in (23.6 x 16 x 4 cm) (each)

Mahatma Gandhi's classic autobiography.

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Constitution of India [Set of six editions till date] - Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar) - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Constitution of India [Set of six editions till date]

a) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar), Constitution of India, 1955, M/s National Printers, New Delhi

[1] + State Emblem of India or the National Emblem of the Republic of India page + 1 loose page with list of illustrations slightly smaller in size + 1 loose page slightly smaller in size with a brief history of the 1st Constitution of India copy + 1 "Preamble" page + 231 illustrated colour broadside including 22 drawings by Nandalal Bose for each chapter + 2 pages; original full black rexine with gilt title to cover & spine, elaborate gilt decoration to cover
16.3 x 12.5 x 1.3 in (41.5 x 32 x 1.1 cm)

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The Chalees Satoon in the Fort of Allahabad on the River Jumna - Thomas  Daniell - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840)

The Chalees Satoon in the Fort of...
1795

Colour aquatint on paper

Print size: 18.1 x 23.5 in (46 x 59.8 cm)
Sheet size: 18.7 x 24.2 in (47.5 x 61.5 cm)
With Mount: 24 x 29.1 in (61 x 74 cm)

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A View of the Government House and Council Chamber, Madras - Henry  Merke - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Henry Merke (b.1799 - 1820 (fl.))

A View of the Government House and...
1807

Hand coloured aquatint on paper

Print Size: 19.2 x 25.6 in (49 x 65.2 cm)
Sheet Size: 20.3 x 27.1 in (51.6 x 69 cm)
With Mount: 26.7 x 33.6 in (68 x 85.5 cm)

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Calcutta from the Water Gate of Fort William - Dickinson & Co. after William Prinsep - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Calcutta from the Water Gate of Fort...
Circa 1845

Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper

Print Size: 16.3 x 31.1 in (41.5 x 79 cm)
Sheet Size: 17.1 x 32.8 in (43.5 x 83.5 cm)
With Mount: 22.6 x 38.3 in (57.5 x 97.5 cm)

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Views of Kot Kangra and the surrounding Country [Set of Six]  - George Childs, J Picken, Thomas S Boys and W Walton after Lieutenant-Col. Alexander Jack - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Views of Kot Kangra and the surrounding ...

a) George Childs after Lieutenant-Col. Alexander Jack
Crossing the River Beeas
1847
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Print Size: 12.8 x 19.1 in (32.7 x 48.7 cm)
Sheet Size: 17.5 x 24 in (44.5 x 61 cm)

b) J Picken after Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jack
Crossing the River Guj
1847
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Print Size: 18.7 x 12.4 in (47.5 x 31.6 cm)
With Mount: 24.4 x 17.9 in (62 x 45.5 cm)


c) J Picken after Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jack
Showing part of the road by which guns were taken up above the town of Milkera
1847
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Print Size: 18.8 x 12.7 in (48 x 32.5 cm)
Sheet Size: 24 x 17.3 in (61 x 44 cm)

d) J Picken after Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jack
View of the Mountains round Kot Kangra
1847
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Print Size: 12.3 x 18.5 in (31.3 x 47.2 cm)
With Mount: 17.9 x 24.6 in (45.7 x 62.5 cm)

e) Thomas S Boys after Alexander Jack
Gilt temple in the town of Mulkera
1847
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Print Size: 18.5 x 12.2 in (47 x 31 cm)
With Mount: 24.6 x 17.7 in (62.5 x 45.2 cm)

f) W Walton after Lt Col Alexander Jack
Fortress of Kot Kangra
1847
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Print Size: 13.4 x 19.1 in (34.2 x 48.7 cm)
Sheet Size: 17.5 x 24 in (44.5 x 61 cm)

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Remains of an Ancient Building near Firoz Shah‘s Cotilla, Delhi - Thomas  Daniell - Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Prints, Maps, Photographs, and Letters
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Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840)

Remains of an Ancient Building near...
September 1795

Original hand-coloured aquatint with etching on paper

Print Size: 18.1 x 23.2 in (46 x 59 cm)
Sheet Size: 18.3 x 23.6 in (46.5 x 60 cm)
With Mount: 23.2 x 29.7 in (59.2 x 75.5 cm)

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