SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER
ATLAS OF INDIA
Year: 1894
Size: 8.6 x 12 inches
CONTAINING SIXTEEN MAPS AND COMPLETE INDEX WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTERYear: 1894
Size: 22 x 30.8 cm (8.6 x 12 inches)
Publisher by: W. & A.K. JOHNSTON
No. of Printed Pages: vi + 38 Pages
No. of Maps: 1 colour frontispiece (index map) + 15 maps + 20 index pages at the end
A very scarce first edition of this sought after atlas looking in depth at the geography of India. With an introduction by Sir William Wilson Hunter, a Scottish Historian, a member of the Indian Civil Service. He is best known for ‘The Imperial Gazetteer of India’, a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire.
A collection of maps of India, being an atlas showing Lower Bengal, North-West Provinces, Oudh, and Nepal, East Punjab and Kashmir, West Punjab, British Baluchistan, and North-Western Frontier, Rajputana and Ajmer-Merwara, Central India, Central Provinces, Hyderabad and Berar, North Bombay and Baroda, South Bombay, South Madra, Mysore and Coorg, North Madras, South Orissa, and Ceylon, North British Burma, Assam and Manipur, South British Burma, Andaman, Nicobar Islands, and plans of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay.
BINDING: The volume is handsomely bound in deep green cloth, its surface adorned with intricate ornamentation that catches the light in subtle relief. The upper cover bears a finely executed gilt monogram at its centre, framed by delicate patterns that lend a sense of refinement and grace. In contrast, the reverse cover is quietly elegant, embossed in blind with motifs that echo the front design in understated harmony. Within, marbled endpapers add a touch of opulent texture, completing a binding that balances richness of detail with dignified restraint.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
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