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1931réf. 188534Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1931. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of the Bombay Presidency. The last chapter focuses on the "lapsed states" those annexed by the East India Company directly into British India. Only 640 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Deaccession stamp on front pastedown. Spine toned and a little soiled traces of old adhesive on corners title page sometime stabilized contents lightly toned at edges: a very good copy. hardcover
1930réf. 188541Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch 1930. Fifth iteration of this important collection of treaties and deeds sanads granted to the rulers of Madras and the Madras states. Notably they include the agreements made with other colonial powers specifically on supplying salt to French enclaves and the acquisition of the Coromandel Coast from the Dutch in 1825. Only 640 copies were printed and 6 are held in UK institutions. Aitchison 1832-1896 went out to India as a civil servant in September 1856 narrowly escaping a massacre at Hissar in 1857 before being stationed at Amritsar. In 1865 he took up administrative work in the Punjab where he was "extremely industrious and thorough in his work. He exercised a marked influence on successive governors-general who trusted him for advice" ODNB. He commenced a compilation entitled A Collection of Treaties Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries in 1862 and eleven volumes were issued by 1892. In 1882 he became governor-general of the Punjab where he advocated for the Indianization of the civil service. Copies of this volume in the UK are held by the British Library Oxford Cambridge King's College London National Library of Scotland and SOAS. Large octavo 256 x 180 mm. Tables in text. Contemporary khaki half cloth spine lettered in gilt low bands ruled in gilt brown cloth boards. Library stamps and deaccession stamps of the Legal Adviser's Department India Office on front free endpaper and title page. Spine toned boards marked soiled and with traces of old adhesive corners lightly rubbed contents clean: a very good copy. hardcover
réf. 20846LETTER: on letterhead of 21 Elvaston Place Queens Gate S.W. 28 June 1908. PAMPHLETS: 1906 2 1907 and 1908. The first three printed by Church Printing Co. London. Hope calls Item Four below for 'a frank recognition of the fact that the faith of the nation is to be found under various and in some cases discordant forms which each require cultivation in conformity with the conscientious beliefs of those who hold them' this being the only way that religion 'as a national institution' can be saved from 'eventual submergence under the floods of indifference and infidelity which are yearly making way in our own as in other European peoples'.The five items attached by a piece of string. The autograph letter is somewhat aged and Item Four is worn along fold lines with slight loss of text. Otherwise the collection is in fair condition. ONE: ALS to unnamed individual. 2pp. 12mo. Bifolium with heavily-corrected draft of reply by unnamed recipient on one blank page. Hope is returning 'the leaflet of 1893' which he thinks he remembers 'as I was much engaged in the struggles against the Board School system then & since.' On the question of 'the Creed' he writes that it is 'now absolutely ruled out in almost all Council Schools see the London County. Council. Syllabus though never intended to be so & now the only remedy is the repeal of the Cowper-Temple clause for which we must never cease to strive.' Other topics: 'Allocation' 'unworkable' as an 'effective remedy' 'the battles over the 1896 Bill' his letters to 'The Times or Guardian' a 'memorandum' which he lent to the recipient at their meeting 'Confidential and also not quite completed'. He ends with reference to Items Two to Five below by stating that he is enclosing 'some papers which you are welcome to keep shewing what scheme my friends & I do consider to be quite practical & workable & on the only basis which can produce a just settlement. To understand it the principle that in all cases “the pater follows the child”. If the parent expresses his wish as to religious teaching when he enters his child & the child gets that kind of teaching accordingly a true & complete allocation is attained.' The following three leaflets are all printed by the Church Printing Co. 11 Burleigh Street Strand W.C. TWO: 'Religious Equality The only true solution by Sir Theodore Hope KC.S.I. C.I.E.' 2pp. 12mo. Dated from 21 Elvaston Place S.W. 28 May '1906' added by Hope. THREE: Sequel to last. 'II. Religious Equality by Sir Theodore Hope K.C.S.I. C.I.E.' 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Addressed from Elvaston Place 24 September '1906' added by Hope. Sequel to last laid out in same style. FOUR: 'Religious Equality based upon the Right of the Parent to decide what Religious Instruction his Child shall receive'. Hope is one of four authors signing in type at the end together with John L. Darby Dean of Chester; Clement Rogers Lecturer in Pastoral Theology King's College London; and A. F. Eden added by Hope 'Board of Education & S Davids'. Dated 5 December 1907. 4pp. 4to. Bifolium. FIVE: 'Reprinted from “The Times” of April 14th 1908. Religious Equality To the Editor of The Times'. Signed in type: 'Theodore C. Hope. Bel Ritiro San Remo April 11th 1908.' 2pp. 12mo. One minor autograph emendation. Takes as its starting point his satisfaction at 'a Bill granting to Roman Catholics in Ireland that justice as to education for which they have so long striven'. LETTER: on letterhead of 21 Elvaston Place, Queens Gate, S.W. 28 June 1908. PAMPHLETS: 1906 (2), 1907 and 1908. The first three unknown
réf. 16670'Blooming Press Mooltan'. 1882. March lasting from 3 January to 18 March 1883. Printed on one side of piece of 50 x 32 cm wove paper. In good condition lightly aged and worn with strip of blue paper from stub adhering to blank reverse. A total of 75 entries in two tables 66 in the first and 9 in the second both arranged in eight columns as follows: 'Probable Date of arrival. 1883.' the only entry in this column is 'January' beside the first march 'No. of March' 'Stations' 'Distance Miles' 'No. of Route' 'Rivers' 'Villages' 'Remarks'. Beneath the table: 'Abbreviations - D. B. dak-bungalow; P. O. Post-Office R. S. railway-station; T. S. telegraph-station.' In large letters at bottom right: 'J. D. P. T. M.' Slug centred at foot: 'Blooming Press Mooltan sic'. The tables are filled with information. For example the first entry in the second table: 'No. of Marches 1 Stations. Gunesh Ghat Distance Miles 13 No of Route. 103 Rivers. Ramgunga bridge of boats Villages. Moradabad 2 1/2 Ramgunga 2 3/4 Remarks. en-camping ground right bank of Kosila road heavy water procurable'. And the last entry in the second column: 'No. of Marches 9 Stations. Shahjahanpur Distance Miles 13 3/8 No. of Route. 107 Rivers. Gurra bridged Villages. Buntara 6 Gurra 9. Remarks. Small cantomnent & civil Station water abundant.' Among the remarks for the fifty-second march in the first column to Koomrala is 'snipe shooting good'. From the papers of Colonel Edmund Alexander Grubbe 1857-c.1923 who describes the march in his journal. No item printed by the Blooming Press of Mooltan traced on either COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. The name of the press may be a joke 'blooming' being slang for 'bloody' as in Kipling's 'When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre'. 'Blooming Press Mooltan'. [1882.] March lasting from 3 January to 18 March 1883. unknown
2002réf. BN160442Taylor & Francis Inc 2002. 2002. Hardcover. Geotechnical Engineering Geotechnical Engineering V.N.S. Consulting Geotechnical Engineer Bangalore India Murthy Taylor & Francis Inc hardcover
réf. DS0057-00BA. A. Balkema Rotterdam Brookefield 1996. Gr.-Oktav. Goldgepr. Org.-Ganzleinen mit Org.-SU. xxi i 585 1 S.; xxi i; S. 587-1290. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen im Text und 5 ausfaltbaren Tabellen bzw. Karten. Vorsatz mit kleinem Stempel "Review Copy" wenige Seiten mit recht unauffälligen Anstreichungen. Insgesamt wohlerhalten. ISBN 9054107014. ISBN 9054107014. ISBN 9054107014. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookefield 1996. unknown
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réf. #[3957]Amsterdam 1701. Engraved broadsheet. Ca. 32 x 43 cm. From: Histoire abrégée des Provinces Unies des Pays-Bas. - Decorative anonymous engraving published in anticipation of the Company's centenary in 1701 depicting the organization of the VOC with in the middle the council room with the seventeen directors on the left side the six chambers Amsterdam Middelburg Rotterdam Delft Hoorn Enkhuizen and on the right side the four councils with letterpress. In 1602 the Dutch East India Company VOC was formed. It was the largest and most powerful trade and shipping company in the world. At its peak it had 40.000 Dutch other European and Asian employees a fleet of more than one hundred ships and over six hundred stations in its charter area spanning from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan. That charter granted by the States General meant that the VOC was the only organization from the Dutch Republic allowed to trade in this region. - Some age-browning. Landwehr VOC 1486; Muller Historieplaten 1175; Atlas van Stolk 1127. unknown
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