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1768réf. PHO-5562 VOLUMES EN 1
1796In 4, pp. XIX + 176 + 138 + 181 + 9. M. pl. coeva. Spelature ai piatti e al d. Edizione originale di questa descrizione di viaggio dall'Europa a Zante, Cipro, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bassora fino a Goa e Bombay. Cox, I, 306.
1719réf. 37720Paris veuve Saugrain & Pierre Prault s.d. [1719] in-4 en feuille
1891réf. 20236Paris, Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1891 ; in-16, percaline rouge de l’éditeur, décorée à la plaque, Bibliothèque Elzevirienne, titre, sphère armillaire et édition dorés au dos, non rogné (cartonnage de la Bibliothèque Elzévirienne) ; XXXII, 232 pp., [2] ff. de Table et nom d’imprimeur ; 2 fac-similés dépliants sur chine, de la première page du manuscrit holographe du Neveu de Rameau et de la page de manuscrit contenant le texte de la fin de la pièce.
1854réf. 36272Paris Just Rouvier 1854 in-8 broché, non coupé
1894réf. 8790EBEdinburgh and London, W. & A. K. Johnston, 1894. 4°. 31,5 x 21,5 cm. 1 Karte, Titelblatt, [1] Blatt Vorwort, [1] Blatt Inhaltsverzeichnis, 38 Seiten, 15 Karten, 19 Seiten Index. Original-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Deckeltitel. [3 Warenabbildungen]
1856réf. 36712Nancy Grimblot et veuve Raybois 1856 in-8 dérelié
1778réf. 38786Yverdon [Avignon] Imprimerie de M. de Felice 1778 2 vol. in-12 demi-basane fauve, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés, tranches mouchetées [rel. du XIXe siècle], dos insolés
1875réf. 40041Paris Hachette et Cie 1875 fort vol. gr. in-4 demi-chagrin rouge, reliure de l'éditeur
1827réf. 34192Lyon Imprimerie de Louis Perrin 1827 in-8 dérelié
réf. 134743aafn.d. (19th C.), 30 x 25 cm, (with support), Inde (Rhajastan ?) with gilt images on his feet / coloured and framed in red. /on verso manuscripts notes (Sanskrit), 20 x16 cm, Passepartout
réf. 10626-8182052149Paperback. New. Book Condition is in New Paperback Original Edition. Shipped Same Day. We do not ship APO and FPO. Will be dispatched fast. Please send me an email if you have any questions. 100% Satisfaction. paperback
1778réf. 223135London.: Printed for John Nourse. 1778-1880. Third Edition"revised by the author" of Volume I; first edition of Volume II Part I only lacking Part II. Two volumes 23 maps plans or views of 36 most folding: iv 436pp xcvii Index iii Errata Errata in the Index Directions for the Binder to Place the Maps; ii 365pp contemporary calf boards re-backed boards scored and scuffed 28.3 x 22 cm several of the maps with small fold splits no loss some offsetting the folding views of Calcutta and Bengal particularly fine the large folding "General Map of Indostan" in the first volume heavily spotted affecting the facing leaf several old paper repairs and inked corrections in an early hand with the armorial bookplates of Joseph Cator a prominent merchant and administrator with the East India Company and of Peter Cator his son founder of the Cator Prize and of Bertie Peter Cator and of Kelham Hall a handsome example lacking the second part of Volume II in good condition. Foundational work written by Robert Orme an official and historiographer for the British East India Company EIC with a noteworthy family provenance. The text chronicles the geopolitical struggles and military conflicts that paved the way for British dominance over the Indian subcontinent. The Cator family built a legacy of immense wealth regional development and colonial influence spanning three generations. Joseph Cator 1733–1818 laid the financial foundations as a wealthy "nabob" and high-ranking East India Company official in Calcutta. His 1780 marriage to Diana Bertie daughter of Sir Albemarle Bertie successfully elevated the family into the British aristocracy allowing him to return to England and manage expanding Kent estates like Beckenham Place Park. His son Peter Cator 1796–1873 leveraged this land inheritance during the mid-19th-century railway boom. Alongside his brother Peter transformed these holdings into the upmarket Cator Estate across Blackheath and Beckenham while also working as a lawyer and establishing educational scripture prizes in Madras. This colonial and legal influence continued with his descendant Sir Ralph Bertie Peter Cator 1861–1945 who served the British Empire as a prominent colonial judge holding key judicial appointments as the First Judge of British East Africa and later in the High Court of Constantinople. . Printed for John Nourse. hardcover
1917réf. 20036Clarendon Press Oxford 1917. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispiece 14 plates 5 full-page maps in the text and 3 folding maps on japon title lightly dust-soiled; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made-slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR REGINALD SPENCE AND BEARS HIS FINE ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE- DOWN. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED BY SPENCE TO THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL HORSHAM AND BEARS THAT INSTITUTION'S PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Sir Reginald Spence prominent merchant philanthropist and educationalist spent much of his career in India. He was a prominent wine merchant Master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers 1949-1950 and an eminent freemason District Grand Master of Bombay and Northern India; the Lodge Reginald Spence was founded in his memory. A fervent educationalist he co-founded Barnes School in Devlavi one of the finest institutions of its type in Western India where a school house now bears his name. A NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY OF A WORK SELDOM FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
réf. 9781No place, no date, end of 19th century, beginning of 20th century. 1 very large album in folio (30*344 cm), half leather binding with corners, and marbled boards, with 76 black and white plates. Each plate offers 2 to 6 figures on sculptures, statues and temples architecture from different archeological locations in India. A very good copy of this album of plates.
1834Tre volumi in -8°, pp. [6], 266, [4]; [4], 260, [4] e [4], 290, [4], con 69 tavole incise e protette da velina; mezza pelle con fregi e titoli al dorso. Si tratta della traduzione francese del periodico britannico “The Oriental annual, or Scenes in India”. Il pittore e disegnatore inglese William Daniell aveva accompagnato lo zio, Thomas Daniell, nel suo viaggio in India. Le incisioni qui contenute sono le riproduzioni di un suo celebre albumi di acquetinte colorate, “Oriental Scenery”, comparso tra il 1795 e il 1808. It’s the french translation of the english journal “The Oriental annual, or Scenes in India”. The engravings are reproductions from an album of William Daniell, “Oriental Scenery” (1795-1808)
1846in 8°, pp. 24 nn., 393, 1 b., leg. coeva p/pelle nera, ds. a riquadri con tit. e fregi in oro, cornici in oro ai piatti e all'unghia, sguardie in carta marmor., front. in litografia. Opera illustrata con 31 tavv. litografiche f.t., 2 carte geogr. ripiegate e mm. ill. b/n n.t. Lievi arrossamenti ma ottimo vol. 343/34
1838réf. 17987Paris Caüet et Maumus 1838 In-8 302 pp, couverture imprimée d'époque, un petit manque au premier plat en haut et accroc au deuxième plat mais correct dans l'ensemble, légères traces d'humidité, exemplaire non coupé
réf. LBW-6473Paris, 2 décembre 1835. 1 p. in-4 (25,4 x 20,1 cm) avec en-tête imprimé; petite déchirure sans manque.
1878réf. ABC_45484London: George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode colophon 1878. Contemporary cloth title in gold on spine. Large 8vo. First and only edition of a catalogue of the material held in the London India Office that was produced by the Indian Surveys for the East India Company. The catalogue was printed by order of her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in council. It is a key reference work for all studies on the East India Company era in Indian and British history.Shelf mark on spine library plate on front paste-down Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam. Slight foxing on the first and last couple pages. Otherwise in very good condition.l Kaul Early writings on India: a union catalogue of books on India in the English language published up to 1900 and available in Delhi libraries 1975 92. George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode (colophon), hardcover
réf. 110519A La Haye, chez les Libraires Associés, 1776, 7 volumes in-12 de 190x115 mm environ, Tome 1 : 2 ff.blancs, portrait-frontispice, xij-482 pages, 1 carte dépliante, 2 ff.blancs, avec une planche hors-texte, - Tome 2 : 1f.blanc, viij-448 pages, 1 carte dépliante, 1f.blanc, avec planche hors-texte, - Tome 3 : 1f.blanc, xij-468 pages, 1carte dépliante, 1f.blanc, avec une planche hors-texte, - Tome 4 : 1f.blanc, viij-311 pages, 1 carte dépliante, 1f.blanc, avec une planche hors-texte, - Tome 5 : 1f.blanc, xj-311 pages, 1 carte dépliante, 1f.blanc, avec une planche hors-texte, - Tome 6 : 1f.blanc, viij-296 pages, 1 carte dépliante, 1 f.blanc, avec une planche hors-texte, - Tome 7 : 1f.blanc, 331 pages, 1 carte dépliante, 1f.blanc, avec une planche hors-texte. demi basane havane, titres et tomaisons dorés sur dos lisses, ornés de frises et petits fers dorés, tranches jaspées.Des rousseurs et pages brunies, quelques cernes par endroits, petits trous de ver et galeries sur le cuir, des déchirures sans manque sur les cartes (une carte restaurée, tome 3).Complet des 7 frontispices (1 portrait, 6 planches de Eisen) et des cartes dépliantes.
1841réf. AQ32634Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press 1841. 35pp 1. Bound with: Drop-head title: List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. Calcutta. Bishop's College Press 1841. 2 23pp 1. 8vo. Modern brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first mentioned work title and drop-head title. The second located copy of the annual report of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India for the year 1840 together with a contemporary list of members printed at the Baptist Mission Press at Calcutta which operated from 1818 until the 1970s. The Society was founded by orientalist and missionary William Carey 1761-1834 in 1820. The report records the progress of the work done by the society including efforts to promote and improve cotton cultivation in the country the introduction of a new species of mulberry plant the promotion of tea culture in Assam and revision of discriminating duties on rum and tobacco. OCLC and COPAC record copies of each work at a single location BL. . First edition. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press hardcover
1915réf. AQ27136Ranikhet: Abdulla Khan photographer 1915. 24 black and white photographs mounted on twelve leaves. Sewn as issued in original publisher's printed red wrappers. Rubbed and creased a trifle bowed. An unrecorded publication comprised of 24 evocative photographs primarily group shots of members of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry whilst stationed at Bareilly Uttar Pradesh during the first year of the Great War. 1/4th Battalion formed in Truro made up part of the Devon and Cornwall Brigade in Wessex Division. They sailed for India late 1914 and landed in Bombay on 10th November 1914 and remained there until 1916 where they moved to Aden 1916-1917 and then finished out the war in Egypt 1917-1918. . Oblong 8vo. [Abdulla Khan, photographer] unknown
réf. 66551c.1918-1919. Original photo-album. Oblong 4to. 15.5 x 20 cm. 12 leaves of grey card each with 8 original small format black & white photographs 4.5 x 6.25 cm some with manuscript captions housed in contemporary grey cloth binding. Some variable fading to photographs overall a neat and well-preserved album. An album of 96 small format photographs taken in all likelihood by a colonial administrator in the Dera Ghazi Khan area of the Punjab now Pakistan in 1918-1919. Several of the photographs show Fort Murray scene of an uprising by the Marri and Khetran tribes in 1918. One shows a character marked 'Teague-Jones' likely to be Reginal Teague-Jones 1889-1988 an intelligence office with the British Army stationed in Dera at the time and subsequently in the Caucasus during the Russian civil war. There are also several photographs of Lahore showing Shalimar Gardens. c.1918-1919. hardcover
réf. 59553Printed at the 101 H.L.O. Printing Group of Survey of India 1969. Extremely large colour-printed folding map of India and the adjacent countries 82 x 173 cm mounted onto linen with seven inset maps showing Density of Population Principal Industries Geology and Principal Minerals Orographical Features Average Rainfall Isothermal Lines and a small version of India and Surrounding Countries. Remnants of original paper wrappers printed in red still present to verso. Light spotting to verso only generally a very good copy of this large-scale map. First published in 1951. Printed at the 101 (H.L.O.) Printing Group of Survey of India, 1969. unknown
