Rousselet, Louis
India and its Native Princes
Rousselet, Louis India and its Native Princes, Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal.First edition, 4to., pp 579, Half title, containing 317 illustrations and 6 maps 113 full page engravings, Deluxe binding in full straight grain green morocco with extensive decorative tooling in gilt on covers and spine, spine in six compartments, title in gilt in second extensive foliate decoration in gilt on rest, gilt decoration on binding edges and inside cover, hand marble end-paper. Bicker & Sons, London, 1878.
This beautifully illustrated book depicts and describes life in central India in the mid-to-late 1800s. Rousselet's album of photographs, he took while traveling through India, sold for over $100,000 at Christie, photographs which were no doubt used for the many full-page engraved plates which adore this book.
Size: 17 x 25 cm
Good Condition.
Provenance: Property from a collection of a Lady.
Keywords: India, Indian colonial, Early Printed Book, Photo
Good Condition
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