A Birds-Eye View of Picturesque India

Sir Richard Temple

Verlag: Chatto & Windus, London, 1898

Beschreibung

The first edition of this uncommon work by Richard Temple depicting the beauty of India through descriptions and illustrations, in a Relfe Brothers full calf binding. The true first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and thirty-one monochrome plates. Collated complete.Bound in full calf by the Relfe Brothers with their stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper.This work on India was written by Sir Richard Temple, a British colonial administrator in India and the Governor of Bombay from 1877-1880. The work depicts the beauty and history of the country through illustrations and commentary on summers in the Himalayas, wild sports, the nationalities and religions of India, the government, historic remains and ruins, and much more. Bound in full calf. Externally smart with slight marks to the boards, slight fading to the spine and rubbing to the extremities and spine. Prize inscription and binder's stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the very odd minimal spot. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 908Z28

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Birds-Eye View of Picturesque India

Verlag: Chatto & Windus, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1898

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None stated

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book