LIEUT. EDWARDS, WILLIAM
SKETCHES IN SCINDE
SKETCHES IN SCINDE FROM DRAWINGS WM EDWARDSYear: 1846
Size: 55.5 x 38 cm (21.8 x 14.9 inches)
Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen., Lithographed by Charles Haghe.
No. of Illustrations: 10 Fine Hand Colored Lithograph
Hand-Colored lithograph title with portrait of General Napier with his printed signature, dedication plate, descriptive letterpress leaf with text printed in blue, lithographed plan and 10 fine hand colored lithograph views heightened with gum arabic (Sheets size: 380 x 555 mm.; Image size: 275 x 380 mm) by Charles Haghe after Williams.
A rare copy with colored plates, based on sketches carried out during Major General Sir Charles Napier's campaign which led to the annexation of Scinde (or Sind), and his campaign against the hill tribes on the northern frontier, ending with Beja Khan's surrender at Traki on March 9th 1845.
BINDING: Original maroon half leather over brown moire cloth hardcover boards, gilt title and large vignette in gilt on upper board, expertly rebacked in style.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
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Very Good Condition
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