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Lot 16
MORTIMER MENPES (1855 - 1938)
ASN0009
Auction Type: Live Floor
India Text by Flora Annie Steel, Menpes visited India in 1903 to cover the Delhi Durbar organized by Lord Curzon. This is his pictorial record of a tour across India. Another book resulted in a 100-plate book on the Durbar itself [see previous lot] London: Adam & Charles Black, 1912 [Reprint of 1905 edition] Cover: Original decorated cloth binding 216 pp + 75 colour plates with tissue guards by Australian artist Menpes + folding map Binding: Hardback
22 x 16 cms
CONDITION
Covers worn and cloth decorations faded
Estimate: ₹25,000 – ₹30,000
