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282 pages. Handsome bright gilt decoration upon front board. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible excepting a chip affecting three characters. Loss from top of backstrip. Prior owner's signature inside front board else unmarked. Narrow opening along back hinge. Average external wear. Additional photos available upon request. Book
19114764Lahore Punjab: The Imperial Publishing Co. Khosla Bros. 1911. First edition. Folio 34 x 26cm 4 i iv 3 481 1pp. Presentation binding full black morocco over padded beveled edged boards stamped in gilt on covers and spine with lettering elaborate border and Imperial Crown g. e. Crown is hand painted in red blue and white. Gilt dentelles blue silk endpapers platinum photographs throughout printed red borders of different shades and black lettering on thick glossy paper. Letter of presentation from the publisher to The Hon'ble Sir Harvey Adamson K.C.S.I. M.A. L.L.D. Lieutenant-Governor of Burma printed in gilt on red silk and mounted to front free endpaper. Some rubbing to corners and spine ends some paint loss to the crown front endpaper lightly chipped along the lower edge with a few silk threads of the letter of presentation becoming unwound else clean internally. A large heavy volume in nearly fine condition. <br /> <br /> Printed as a memento of the historic Imperial Coronation Durbar at Delhi 1911 honoring King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India. In the presentation letter to Harvey Adamson the publishers lay out the intent of the volume which is "graced by Your Honor's portrait" as giving a "bird's-eye view of the present political condition of India" through "historical and biographical sketches of the various Ruling Chiefs and Princes of India.suitable memoirs of distinguished personages.and of men famous in Literature Science Art and other spheres of useful activity accompanied with their portraits as far as possible." The book is indeed lavishly produced and illustrated with roughly 600 biographical sketches most with photographs many of which are credited including several from Bourne and Shepherd of Calcutta the official photographers of the Durbar. <br /> <br /> The last of three Durbars the others in 1877 and 1903 the 1911 assembly was notable as only one attended by the King and Queen the first time a British monarch had visited India the crown jewel of empire. The event was held at Coronation Park in Delhi from December 7th-16th and was attended by the vast majority of ruling princes and noblemen making it the largest of its kind. Underneath the pomp and regalia however were the roots of resentment and stirrings of independence. The scandal of the Durbar came when the Gaekwar of Baroda Maharajah Sayajirao III briefly bowed only once instead of the required three times when approaching the emperor and then turned his back to walk to his seat instead of walking backwards. This and other happenings of the Durbar were captured on film most famously and in color by Charles Urban the British-American producer and film maker. "With Our King and Queen through India" became the first color cinematography to be viewed by the majority Western audiences. <br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Harvey Adamson served as Lieutenant Governor in Burma from 1910 when he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India until 1915. Of interesting note a steamship built for the British India Steam Navigation Company in 1914 and named after the General went missing at sea along with its 269 passengers in 1947. <br /> <br /> An immense trove of photographic evidence of a time and place being the crest of British Imperialism in India the book is institutionally scarce. Our research finds only a few copies of either volume held worldwide the book on offer with a tangible and important provenance. The Imperial Publishing Co. (Khosla Bros.) unknown
110625London Waterlow and Sons Ltd. 10 May 1893 & 17 May 1893. . Two over-sized colour-printed illuminated card invitations numbered addressed in pen & ink 22.7 x 31.2 cm; 16.5 x 32.6 cm; a printed manila envelope for replying to 'The Secretary / Imperial Institute / London SW'; a letter printed in red on Imperial Institute 4to headed paper requesting a reply to the invitation to the opening ceremony in order to reserve seats; single folio sheet 'General Outline of the Ceremonial' for the opening; 2 copies of printed folio sheet verso blank 'General Arrangements for the Reception of HRH the Prince of Wales. Wednesday May 17th 1893'.<br /> The first of these two over-sized invitations received by Louisa Da Costa was to the opening of the Imperial Institute on 10th May 1893 with Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales in attendance. Since the Great Hall of the Institute wasn't completed in time a temporary hall was constructed for the opening. The second evening invitation from HRH the Prince of Wales invites Miss Da Costa and a friend to an evening reception from 9pm with 'Instrumental and Vocal Music. and Refreshments' in the illuminated gardens of the Imperial Institute in South Kensington - now the site of Imperial College London. The accompanying 'General Arrangements.' sheet give details of the evening's entertainments as well as travel arrangements special trains on the Inner Circle Line at 1am and 1:30am and the arrangements for 'Cold Suppers'.<br /><br />Louisa Da Costa was the sister of Mr Benjamin Mendes Da Costa both being descendants of the well-known wealthy Portuguese-Jewish trading dynasty. After his great success with real estate in Adelaide Australia Mr Da Costa sold his business there and sailed to England together with his sister. He died in Brighton in 1868 and his sister was the sole beneficiary of his will. Miss Da Costa died in 1898 bequeathing all her real estate in Adelaide to the Governor of South Australia to establish a Samaritan fund for convalescents from the Adelaide Hospital - the Louisa DaCosta Trust still operating today.<br /> London, Waterlow and Sons Ltd., 10 May 1893 & 17 May 1893. unknown
1777390089London : East India Company 1777. 1st edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in modern half tan buckram over contrasting fine ribbed-cloth boards. Particularly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description 3 v. Subjects; Appendix. East India Company. Tanjore. London : East India Company hardcover
1921ABC_45215Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing 1921. Contemporary half calf green cloth sides gold-stamped red spine labels. 8vo. With frontispiece 31 plates 7 maps 3 in pocket on inside of back board and 8 panoramas mostly folding. First edition of the British-Indian armys official account of the 1919-20 Waziristan campaign marked "Confidential" on the title-page. The operations followed unrest that arose in the aftermath of the Third Anglo-Afghan War; they were conducted in the mountainous region of Waziristan now in Pakistan by British and Indian forces against the fiercely independent Waziri and Mahsud tribesmen that inhabited it. Since the 1870s the British government agencies were assiduous in compiling internally published histories of their military frontier operations with the intention of providing a "valuable guide" to such British commanders and policymakers as "might have future dealings with these turbulent neighbours" as the Punjab Government phrased it in 1866.The title-page reports the catalogue number and location of what may be the original report: Catalogue no. C.W. 4 - Case no. 8987 N.S..Serial No. 1235 stamped on the title-page. Occasional light marginal staining. A few edge flaws consistent with army use repaired by a contemporary owner. Otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 11497145. Superintendent of Government Printing, hardcover
180019106AB1800. Paris Poignee An VIII 1800 Four large folding engraved maps six engraved foloding maps and one plan. The four large folding engraved maps are forming the 'Carte de L'Indostan ou de L'Empire Mogol' the oulines contemporary hand-coloured. First French edition with maps revised by Jean Nicholas Buache incorporating the four maps that compose Rennell's "second great work. the construction of the first approximately correct map of India" DNB. "The Father of Indian Surveying" Gole "Early Maps of India" Rennell charted the currents through the India Ocean and around Africa and later surveyed the Indian interior. He recognized Europe's growing fascination with India: "As almost every particular relating to Hindoostan is become an object of popular curiosity it can hardly be deemed superfluous to lay before the public an improved system of its geography" Rennell Preface. With Rennell's first map of Hindoostan the result of 500 separate surveys and stretching from the Himalayas in the north to Ceylon in the south and the "Great Sandy Deserts" in the west. Born in Chudleigh in Devon England James Rennell who was to become one of the mosst celebrated cartographers of his time joined the British Navy as a midshipman at the age of 14. Amidst the Seven Years' War 1756-1763 he travelled the world and learned marine surveying and hydrography. This led to his appointment at age 24 as surveyor of the British East India Company's dominions in Bengal. In 1765 Rennell began surveying India. By this time the British East India Company had maintained its foothold on the region for over one hundred years but it was still another century before Queen Victoria would set her eyes eastward and Rennell's explorations and accounts helped to fill that gap in time. Rennell combined data from British Army columns with Ain-e-Akbari 1598 a translation of Islamic geography of the empire which helped him acquire information about old divisions he therefore subdivided the country according to the Mughal provinces of 'subas'. unknown
Very light foxing to first few pages vol. 1; This is Burtons' first book written while on active duty in modern-day India and Pakistan. Rebound in attractive blue full leather boards with gilt spine lettering and three raised bands. Marbled endpapers. ; 12mo; 297, 309 pages
1925180767Allahabad: Improvement Trust 1925-30. From the personal collection of the chairman First editions of these rare reports charting the overhaul of the infrastructure in the "City of Prime Ministers" a center of Indian nationalism. They were collected by Baldev Ram Dave Chairman of the Improvement Trust and cover the first five years of his tenure. This set documents the projects of the Allahabad trust over half a decade with multiple maps tables and illustrations of the progress. Such projects include the extension of Allahabad University the construction of Sir Harcourt Butler Market and the establishment of multiple housing schemes for those evicted from their homes. The number of volumes in the complete run is unclear but we have traced only one other set on WorldCat: 11 volumes held in Harvard University Library. In addition to the reports are three pamphlets. A Brief Note on the Improvement Trust of Allahabad gives an overview of its early history with blueprints to illustrate major projects. The addresses to Sirs William Malcom Hailey and Alexander Muddiman both governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1928 lay out the trust's goals and request further central funding. Rai Bahadur Pandit Baldev Ram Dave 1863-1942 was the trust's second chairman from 1925. The loosely inserted documents all relate to his projects including a hand-drawn sketch of the expansion of Zero Road up to Sheocharanlal Road a typescript letter from the notable engineer Raja Jwala Prasad discussing various initiatives and a government report on the efficiency of the trust in 1930. Dave is mentioned in an article in the Times of India from 11 November 2014 which notes that his department was responsible for the demolition of Nehru's family home in 1931. He reportedly took the last photograph of the building which was later gifted to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. 8 works bound in 1 vol. quarto 327 x 210 mm. With 15 half-tone photographic plates 1 folding 19 hand-coloured maps 14 folding heliozincographed folding map 5 folding blueprints; tables in text. Contemporary red cloth front board lettered in gilt. With 5 loosely inserted letters reports and sketches. Light wear and silverfishing three maps repaired with archival tape two plates tipped in Brief Note front wrapper chipped with loss foxing internally: a very good collection. hardcover
1909312711N.p. India 1909. 126 tipped in gelatin photographs 63 in each volume; with four manuscript sketch maps 2 in each volume. 153 pp.; 7 numbered a-g 124 ff. including blanks. 2 vols. 8vo and 4to. Contemporary full brown morocco covers ruled and lettered in gilt black coated endpapers by Thacker & Co. Bombay with their red ticket at the back. Corners bumped faintest traces of rubbing. 126 tipped in gelatin photographs 63 in each volume; with four manuscript sketch maps 2 in each volume. 153 pp.; 7 numbered a-g 124 ff. including blanks. 2 vols. 8vo and 4to. Substantial detailed and extensively illustrated chronicle of travel and sport in the area north and east of Simla Sutlej River Adampur Jhansi and elsewhere in India including a trip in the Himalayas.<br /> The author was Lawrence Christian Gordon a major in the artillery; at this time he was staioned in Jhansi.<br /> The first volume is divided in three parts:<br /> Part I. Trip near Adampur after black buck and gazelle pp. 1-26 dated 23 December 1906 to 3 January 1907<br /> Part II. Near Jhansi after black buck pp. 27-37<br /> Part III. Himalayas after burhel and ibex pp. 39-153 dated April to July 1907 up the Sutlej river from Simla with mention of Asirang Lipi Jangi<br /> <br /> The second volume is a continuous narrative describing short shooting and fishing trips in 1908 and one longer account of three months' shooting leave March to June 1909 in the terrain upriver from Simla close to the border with Tibet and indeed many of the villages and monasteries passed were of TIbetan culture. The photographs are well composed and printed; burhel was the chief game hunted. Gordon writes candidly with many observations on local conditions and weather. Provenance: Norman James Anderson Galleries 9 November 1928 lot 784; Harvard Travellers Club in May 1934 bookplates unknown
1730ABC_47423Augsburg 1730. 86 x 59 cm. Copperplate engraving. A grand engraving commemorating the achievements of the August Protestant Church in India features various scenes and elements. In the background there are mountains palm trees houses and people including a Chinese person. The foreground shows deciduous and palm trees with a lit grotto holding an idol inscribed with "Brama". In front of the grotto an evangelical missionary preaches to a large congregation of natives while holding a book of music in his left hand and pointing to Brama with his right hand. The missionary wears a turban a priest's cloak and has flappers. The audience under the hill is depicted in interesting groups with some closer to us appearing larger and clearer. At the bottom of the engraving there is an art altar with several books including the "Biblia Malabarica" "Catechism Malabaricus" and the hymnal "Liber Cantion. Malabar." The engraving was made by the German engraver painter draughtsman and art publisher Johann Elias Ridinger 1698-1767. He trained in Ulm and Augsburg under Christoph Resch and Johann Falch and learned engraving from Georg Philipp Rugendas. Ridinger later spent three years in Regensburg where he developed his style through coursing and visits to the riding school. His ornamental works show Rococo stylistic tendencies and he founded his own publishing house in Augsburg. His precise and tasteful drawings were highly regarded and transferred to decoration porcelain and ceramics.With two minor tears one partly repaired the other one not affecting the engraving. Overall in very good condition.l Thienemann Leben und Wirken des unvergleichlichen Thiermalers und Kupferstechers Johann Elias Ridinger 913; Thienemann "Nachträge Zusätze und Berichtigungen C. L. zu : Leben und Wirken des unvergleichlichen Thiermalers und Kupfer stechers Johann Elias Ridinger etc." in Archiv für die zeichnenden Künste 5 1859 pp. 148-149. unknown
19155787Punjab, 1915. 1915 7 vol. de format in-8° et in-12° (130 x 185 mm à 175 x 270) garnis de 348 tirages albuminés de divers format (de 55 x 35 mm à 145 x 100 mm) : I. 87 photos et [8] ff. in-folio de légende manuscrites à lencre bleue, II. 46 photos. 3 31 photos ; IV. 32 photos, V. 32 photos, VI. 69 photos et [5] ff. in-folio de légendes manuscrites à lencre bleue, VII. 51 photos et [3] ff. in-folio de légende manuscrites à lencre bleue. Les photos des albums I-II-V-VI et VII sont légendées en anglais. (quelques photos manquantes). 3 albums recouverts de toile grise et bordeaux et 4 albums recouverts de papier gris imprimé sur le premier plat " The public schools. Drawing book. Reeves abd Sons, LTD., London". (défauts d'usages et petits manques).
1839223681London.: Smith Elder and Co. Cornhill. 1839. Engraved handcoloured frontispiece opposite the additional engraved title page sketch map and 7 other full-page illustrations one folding and 5 hand-coloured text illustrations 2 half-title xvii including both the engraved and printed title pages 283pp; original blind-stamped pebbled green cloth boards 23 x 14.5 cms re-backed mounting the original gilt-lettered backstrip endpapers renewed scant spotting the boards faded and the backstrip chipped at the foot with the neat inked inscription of a previous owner but in very good condition. Scarce. Pioneering account beautifully illustrated after sketches by the author. Marianne Postans travelled to India in 1833 with her husband Thomas Postans a Captain in the 15th Regiment of the Bombay Native Infantry where he was posted to Cutch Kutch the northwestern region of modern-day Gujarat. They both shared a deep interest in the people and traditions of India. Marianne's account attempts to describe the culture of the region its bards and bardic literature including specific songs and stories of Kutchi bards arts and crafts and agriculture and trade. She also describes in detail rituals such as infanticide and the practise of sati. <br>The beauty of the Rann awed her: “The distant aspect of the Runn resembles that of the ocean at ebb tide; and as some water always remains on it the refraction of light produces the most beautiful and mysterious effects decorating it with all the enchantments of the most lovely specimens of mirage whose magic power exerting itself on the morning mists indues this desert tract with the most bewitching scenes…”. . Smith, Elder and Co. Cornhill. hardcover
186632820551<p><b>This is a splendid pair of Samuel Bourne views of the Qutb complex in Delhi.</b></p><p>The first photograph shows the Delhi minaret and "victory tower" at the Qutb complex the tallest minaret in the world built of bricks. "The Qutb Minar is one of the most famous monuments in India and one of the most significant examples of early Indo-Islamic architecture. It is a tower of victory which also served as a minaret for the adjacent Quwwat al-Islam Might of Islam mosque. It was begun by Qutb-ud-Din Aybak ruled 1206-1210 the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Mamluk or Slave Dynasty and continued by Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish ruled 1211-1236. It is 72.5 m 238 ft high and rises in five tapering fluted" British Library.</p><p>The second photograph shows the screen of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque. "The screen which is often referred to as the 'Great Arch' is 6.7 metres wide and 16 metres high. An inscription on the central arch states that it was built in 1199 by Qutbuddin Aibak. It was one of the first Islamic monuments to be built by Hindu craftsmen in India. The craftsmen used the traditional method of laying blocks of stone horizontally and rounding the sides of individual stones to create the curve of the arch. The screen was ornately decorated with carved calligraphy and repeating scroll-like designs" Victoria and Albert Museum. The iron pillar at the left is cropped as issued. The dark tones and strong contrast wonderfully highlight the intricate carvings.</p><p>British photographer Samuel Bourne traveled throughout India from 1863-1870 photographing monuments people and landscapes. "By the time Bourne left India in 1870 to return to England he had produced over 2500 views mostly of architecture and landscapes which distributed by his partner Charles Shepherd constitute the most exhaustive record made in India by a single photographer. Bourne's carefully thought-out meticulously crafted images were collected by tourists archaeologists and botanists alike" Metropolitan Museum of Art.</p>
27279New Delhi: S. Chand & Co. Good in Good dust jacket; Ex-Lib with markins. No pub date. Hardbound. 235 pages . S. Chand & Co. hardcover
1717576<p>Autograph letter 2pp. folded signed "G. Johnstone" to Sir David Dundas contemporary ink stain not affecting text marginal toning 17 September 1774</p><p>The autograph letter from George Johnstone the Director of the East India Company regarding George Vansittart 1745-1825 "quitting the service of the East India Company". The letter goes on to discuss Warren Hastings the Treaty of Banaras and reformations. Beginning with a politically motivated embezzlement:</p><br /><p>"You will now judge what reformations are likely to take place under such a General who in a very inferior station cut out with 100000£ and endeavoured to support evidence on the reform action attempted by General Claverings besides furthering by his own confession in a manner so very unworthy a public officer…". General Clavering was appointed Commander in Chief in India in 1774 shortly after Warren Hastings was appointed Governor General. By the 1770s Hastings had already made many political enemies in the East India Company. </p><br /><p>The letter goes on to state: </p><p>"I am not surprised that Mr. Hastings and his friends should wish for a success for the only person who was privy to the Treaty at Banaras for exterpating the Rohilla… but why Pitt should adopt him I shall never wonder more." </p><br /><p>The Treaties of Banaras of 1773 was an agreement regulating relations between the British Government of Bengal and the ruler of the Muslim state of Oudh modern day Ayodya. Warren Hastings ceded Allahabad and Kora to the states ruler and promised to support him against the menacing Afghan Rohillas in return for cash payments. This move designed to strengthen Oudh as a buffer state between Bengal and the Marathas led to the Rohilla War of 1774 which later became a major factor in Hastings's impeachment 1788–95.</p><br /><p>The mention of Pitt is referring to Prime Minister William Pitt's Regulating Act of 1773. The Act was intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India. Although it was not a long term solution to the concerns over the company's affairs it marked the first step towards parliamentary control over the company and centralised administration in India. </p><br /><p>George Johnson was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the War of Austrian Succession the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence rising for a time to the position of Commodore of a squadron. Adaptable in his career Johnson also served as a member of Parliament a member of the Carlisle Peace Commission a Director of the East India Company and the first Governor of West Florida from 1763 until 1767. Early in his service he revealed both the positive and negative aspects of his character. He was praised for his bravery when confronting the enemy but censured for disobedience. He rose through the ranks to his own commands and had some success with small cruisers against privateers. Throughout his life he rotated between his political career and his service in the Royal Navy. He became a director of the East India Company towards the end of his life before illness forced him to retire from business and politics shortly before his death in 1787.</p><br /><p>An important letter revealing the Director of the East India Company's concern over the actions of Warren Hastings. </p>
19472117Harvard University Press. 1947. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Ex-library set with usual stamps call numbers and pockets. Text is clean of marks. Volume I is in good condition with half inch tear to cloth at top of spine and moderate edgewear to back board top edge. Bumping to corners. Volume II is in VG- or G condition with stamps on textblock deleted with black marker. Minor 1cm cut to cloth along edge of spine. Minor edgewear. Scuffing to boards. Text is clean of marks. Volume III: is in VG condition with stamps on textblock deleted with black marker. Scratches and scuffing to boards.; Volume 1: The District of Chiu-Chên during the Han Dynasty: General Considerations and Plates 1947. Vol. 2: The District of Chiu-Chên during the Han Dynasty: Description and Comparative Study of the Finds 1951. Vol. 3: The Ancient Dwelling Site of Dông-So'n Thanh-Hoá Annam : General Description and Plates 1957 vol. 3 Published at St-Catherine Press at Bruges.; 3 Volume Set; The expedition was conducted between the years 1934 and 1939 under the Auspices of the École Française D'Extrême-Orient the Museums of Paris & the Harvard Yenching Institute. The main historical significance of Dr. Janse's archaeological documents is to be found in the fact that they not only introduce to us the Chinese conquerors of what was to become Vietnam at the very moment when they were laying its foundations as a civilized nation buy they also reflect on Chinese culture and conditions even at home and may help to give us a clearer idea of what the Chinese were about the beginning of our era and what their quest was so far south of the Honanese cradle of their civilization. . Harvard University Press hardcover
1940ZB394384Linguistic Society of India. 1940-1973. volumes 1-34; lacks volume 27. 1940-1973. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Linguistic Society of India. unknown
1813222916London.: John Murray. 1813. 10 hand coloured aquatints xiv 358pp ii Directions to the Binder lacks half title later half morocco red linen covered boards gilt-lettered spine 26.5 x 20.7 cms margins trimmed one plate with slight loss to the publisher's signature title page strengthened at the hinge small chip at the lower corner two leaves with short sealed edge tears text unaffected fifteen leaves stained at the gutter with loss to the inner margin of one plate final leaf with soft creases and a short sealed tear text unaffected the margins of the plates rather dusty and browned good condition. Firsthand account by Thomas Duer Broughton 1778-1835 a British army officer of the East India Company appointed military resident with the Mahrattas in 1802. Compiled from a series of letters to his brother Broughton's account includes detailed descriptions of festivals and ceremonies. Nine of the ten fine handcoloured plates are notable for being after sketches by Indian artist "Deen Alee". . John Murray. hardcover
First edition, royal 8vo (258 x 164 mm), xiv, [2, errata leaf], 136pp., with list of subscribers, 11 lithograph views and plates, all but one hand-coloured, 3 large folding maps (two with minor repairs) and 30 lithographed route maps, one coloured plate with small stain and some light offsetting to maps, other a very nice clean copy, new endpapers, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece. A rare Calcutta printing on the Nilgiri Mountains which form part of the Western Ghats mountain range in Southern India. The fine maps are signed by J. B. Tassin, who started one of Calcutta's earliest lithographic presses in 1830, and later moved in San Francisco. In the preface the author gives full costings for the production of the book and states that 500 copies were printed. Also contains "A list of plants gathered on the Neilgherries, particularly in the environs of Ootacamund, by the Rev. Mr. [B.] Schmid.": p. 129-136. Not in Abbey.
1669WRCAM15822Paris 1669. 7pp. Small quarto. Modern boards leather label. Light soiling around the edges. Very good. A variant issue with a slightly different title of this important edict which allows members of the nobility to trade by sea without foregoing any of their privileges. Previously their activities had been circumscribed by ordinances preventing their entering commerce. Apparently a catalyst for this edict was the formation of the Compagnie des Indes in 1664 which is specifically mentioned in the text. A note on the last page states that this copy was collated against the King's Ministry copy. OCLC locates only one copy at the University of Oxford. Rare. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 95 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONIZATION OF AMERICA 10 ref. hardcover books
1729WRCAM37441Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1729. 20pp. Quarto. Contemporary inscription. Very minor foxing. Fine. A very rare decree confirming the privileges of the Compagnie des Indes. This Arrest was "prompted by the unloading from a Dutch boat coming from Alexandria and the public sale in Dunkirk a free port of a certain quantity of coffee. The interesting legal point is here raised as to the validity of the Company's privileges in this case as regards its coffee monopoly in a free port" - Maggs. Wroth does not cite any locations for this title only mentioning that it had been reprinted in LE COMMERCE DE L'AMÉRIQUE Avignon 1764. OCLC cites only a single copy at the James Ford Bell Library. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-1794 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 346 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1187. OCLC 47820819. de l'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1600M13168Verona: Societatis Aspirantium cura 1600. 1600. Two parts in 1. Small 4to. xxiv 118 1 pp. Printer's woodcut device 5 snakes over landscape woodcut initials and tailpiece rear errata & colophon; old ink marginalia p.36 underlining pp. 97-99. Original vellum; lacks ties. Ownership inscription on title: Hugo De Salins Belnensis Doct. Med. d.1659 and another signature obscured. Bookplate of Château de Montrevost Cuisery France. EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WORK ON GOUT & RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: : HUGUES DE SALINS' COPY. First edition of this rare work on the nature cause and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and gout. The status of gout in the late sixteenth century was such that gout was said by Turberville to be found in "horses capons and falcons." p. 64. John Gerard's Herball 1597 stated that Gout-wort or Herba Gerardi was a native herb that could be used with some benefit supported further by Culpeper. According to Copeman Thomas Sydenham 1624-1689 suffered from gout and wrote the classic description of the disease and was the first to be able to differentiate between rheumatoid arthritis and gout. The present work was written decades earlier. Francesco India cites Galen Chap. 1 Ambroise Pare Chap. 12 and Jean Fernel Chapters 5 7 8. India makes two 15-page tables of causes which he uses to organize his data. <br /><br /> PROVENANCE: Hugues de Salins: The British Library catalogue lists a "Hugues de Salins; see: Jean Baptiste de Salins Defense du vin de Bourgogne 1704." This may be a descendent. See: Societe d'Histoire d'Archeologie et de Litterature de l'arrondissement de Beaune Memoires annee 1890 Volumes 15-16 Beaune 1891 pp. 75 177. Mentions the wife of Hugues de Salins as buried in 1626 and Hugues de Salins buried in 1659. <br /><br /> Francisci Indiae an Italian philosopher and physician who is little known wrote the present work and two others: Hygiphylus: sive de febre maligna dialogus 1593. Hygiophilvs Tertivs Vel De Symptomatvm Febri Malignae Svper 1599. See: Frederic Paulhan Catalogue des legs Gide & Teissier-Rolland 1892 p. 212. Showing a copy of Strabo's Strabonis rerum geographicarum libri XVII 1571 with the same provenance inscription is this book. This inscription must date prior to 1892. <br /><br /> Copeman W.S.C. A Short History of the Gout and the Rheumatics Diseases pp. 53 64. Locations: British Library; Edinburgh University; Middle Temple Library; Wellcome Library. Societatis Aspirantium cura, 1600. hardcover books
1905153020Lahore: Printed at the North Western Railway Press 1905-06. The Raj by rail Lavishly produced souvenirs of a six-month tour of India by the future George V and Queen Mary. Both are scarce: in the UK Cambridge holds a copy of each and we have traced a further copy of Time Table at Leiden. The 1905-06 royal visit was an opportunity for the prince and princess to broaden their imperial experience. The ambitious program included visits by rail to all four corners of India - Peshawar Rangoon Mysore and Karachi - and represented the most wide-ranging survey undertaken in India by any member of the royal family. "As with his father in 1875-6 he the prince was struck by the complacent sense of superiority of many of the white civil servants and on his return made a speech calling for 'a wider sympathy' on the part of the Indian Civil Service" ODNB. The success of the trip set the stage for the couple's return in 1911 for the coronation durbar the only durbar attended by a British monarch. The two brochures cover the legs from Bhatindi to Umballa Cantonment 28 November - 11 December 1905 and Delhi to Karachi Cantonment 8-17 March 1906 the last part of the tour. Besides detailed itineraries each includes views taken along the route such as the tomb of Ranjit Singh at Lahore the tunnel into the Upper Bolan Pass and the Chappar Rift Bridge. Special Trains also has portraits of local inhabitants. Provenance: Herbert Henry Spalding 1874-1943 District Locomotive Superintendent Bhatuda with his address on the mailing envelope. Spalding was born in India his father worked as an engineer on South Indian Railway in the 1870s and 1880s and joined the colonial civil service in 1897. In 1922 he was appointed Locomotive and Carriage Superintendent Indian State Railways retiring in 1929. Though unmarked as such these copies were subsequently owned by Major David Cecil Underwood Jr. 1970-2023 who compiled an extensive collection of material relating to royal visits to India. Two works large octavo ff. 17; ff. 9. Special Trains with 12 collotype views laid down on leaves with printed captions and ornamental borders 5 letterpress leaves; Time Table with 12 collotype views mounted 2-to-a-page on leaves with printed captions and ornamental borders 3 letterpress leaves. Both printed in blue and gold internally and interleaved with tissue guards. Original decorative wrappers printed in gold and lettered in blue stitched with blue cord Special Trains glued into wrappers as issued. With original envelope 300 x 195 mm. Covers lightly creased and soiled more so to rear wrapper of Time Table cockling caused by mounting adhesive as usual collotypes well preserved: very good copies. unknown
1911Biblio17<p> <em>Official Directory with Maps 1911 </em><em>2 folding maps in pocket at end</em><em> maps measure 365 x 340mm and 490 x 270mm</em><em> 3 Indian postage stamps with ink-stamps dated 15th December to title previous owner's ink signature original cloth-backed printed boards a little rubbed slight bumping to corners and extremities</em></p> Superintendent Government Printing, India hardcover
193021210841930. India. c. 1930-31 Oblong folio. Cord-bound and cloth-covered album with over 200 mostly original photographs including 27 photographic postcards mounted recto-verso on 25 dark brown album cards neat manuscript captions in white; album a little worn and with replaced cords. An interesting album documenting the life and travels of a soldier during the twilight years of the 'British Raj'. Collection opens and closes with the panoramic views of the Himalayas followed by detailed images of Ghurkas and other Tribal Hill people travelling vendors snake charmer camel transport bed of nails absent a fakir Jubbulpore views Meerut street scenes Temples Mosques 'A Vultures Tea Party' 'Elephant Bridge' 'Christmas Decorations. Royal Signal men's mess' and 'The Barrack 3rd Indian Division Signals'; 'Hindu Gods' at a religious festival captured in Ranickhet ; Studies of Naini Tal Lake and Temple on the bank ; Delhi illuminated by night studies of Lutyen's 'Imperial Delhi' the Jumna Bridge and other engineered structures 'Kutab Minar' views of the Old City from the Jumna Masjid Chandi Chowk Clocktower; Jhansi tombs and ruins. Other images of interest to the compiler show 'Types of wells used in Indian irrigation systems' and several shots recording the famed cricketers Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe on their tour of India at the Roshana Cricket Club in Delhi organised by the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram. Professional photos also depict the Taj Mahal and a memorial at Cawnpore. Military subjects in addition to Meerut soldiers mess include 'The Kings Birthday Parade Ranikhet 1931'; 'Mounted Sports Royal Deccan Horse Meerut 1930'; military personalities such as RSM Biggs Major General Ironside and General Sir P. Chetwode; a Ghurka soldier; a sequence documenting 'The Viceroy's visit to Meerut February 1930' arrival in a biplane; Attock camps bridge construction 'Armoured Car' and 'Machnine Gun Outpost'. 'With the Sappers and Miners Khajuri Plain North West Frontier during the Afridi trouble 1930-31'. hardcover
