Antiquarian Books on India

VIEWS IN INDIA, CHIEFLY AMONG THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. BY LIEUT. GEORGE FRANCIS WHITE, OF THE 31sT REGT. &c. &c.
Edited by Emma Roberts. Published by Fisher, Son and Co, London & Paris, 1838
pp. 94 including 1 black & white steel engraved frontispiece; 1 black & white steel engraved vignette title; 35 steel engraved plates with tissue guards
Dimension: 12.1 x 9.4 in

INDIA AND ITS NATIVE PRINCES; Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal, Carefully revised and edited by Lieut Col. Buckle, containing 317 illustrations and 6 maps; Folio.
London: Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, 1878.
36 x 28 cm.

SKETCHES & INCIDENTS OF THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW; From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham, Lieutenant Madras Army, with Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude. London, Published October 1st 1858, By Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, complete with 27 tinted lithographs (including title page) on 18 sheets

Dimension: 22.4 x 14.7 in

TWELVE VIEWS OF PLACES IN THE KINGDOM OF MYSORE, THE COUNTRY OF TIPPOO SULTAN.
From Drawings Taken on the Spot. To Which Are Annexed, Conci(f)e De(f)criptions of the Places drawn, with a brief Detail of Part of the Operations of the Army under the MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, during the late War, And a few other Particulars. BY R. H. COLEBROOK, LIEUTENANT in the Service of the Honourable EAST-INDIA COMPANY, who attended the Army in the Capacity of Surveyor. LONDON: PRINTED IN THE YEAR 1794.

First Edition, 12 original hand-coloured aquatint plates by John William Edy engraved in 1793, with tissue guards (slightly worn out), has list of subscribers published, bound in later saffron-coloured cloth with Indian design, lettered in gilt against red background

Dimension: 21 x 28.8 in

VIEWS IN INDIA, SAINT HELENA, AND CAR NICOBAR, DRAWN FROM NATURE AND ON STONE by Major John Luard, Published by: J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty (c.1832 - 38)
pp. 244, with 1 hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece; 1 hand-coloured lithographed title page; 59 hand-coloured lithograph plates having a descriptive text for each plate
A hard to come by complete set, modern leather-bound in deep blue with gilt text

Dimension: 14.4 x 9.8 in

SELECT VIEWS IN MYSORE, THE COUNTRY OF TIPOO SULTAN; From Drawings Taken on the Spot by Mr. Home; with Historical Descriptions, London: Published by Mr Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, the Letter-Press by T. Bensley, from Figgins's Types, 1794
29 etchings with line-engraving by James Fittler, Thomas Morris, William Byrne, Stricklan Lowry and others after Robert Home; pp. 48, with descriptive text for each plate in English and Urdu, modern leather binding in red with gilt text including on the spine

Dimension: 13.3 x 10.7 in

THE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON, 3 Volumes, 1879-81, with wood-engraved title-pages;
Vol. I: pp. 279, 36 chromolithographic plates, published 1879; Vol. II: pp. 264, 38 chromolithographic plates, published 1880; Vol. III: pp. 438, 45 chromolithographic plates + 4 egg plates, published 1881
Modern leather binding in bottle-green with gilt text including on the spine raised in 4 bands

Dimension: 10 x 5.8 in (each)

A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH THE COUNTRIES OF MYSORE, CANARA AND MALABAR, 3 Volumes, Published by T. Caddell & W. Davies, London, 1807;

half-title in Vol. I, 34 engraved plates, 5 folding tables; hard bound in brown leather and raised bands on spine with text in gilt, with marbled edges

Dimension: 11.1 x 8.8 in (each)

The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? In Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz. Illustrated with engravings by Rowlandson, London. Printed by Thomas Jegg, 1816
pp. viii, 252 with 27 hand-coloured aquatints including title page and the folding "A New Map of India from the Latest Authority" [actually an elephant caricature] as frontispiece + 1 uncoloured plate
Half-leather binding with marbled boards and raised bands on spine and gilt designs and title in compartments. Marbled endpapers and edges.
Dimension: 23 x 15 cms

A group of six tinted lithographs from the Illustrations of the Rock Cut Temples of India, by James Fergusson, Published by John Weale, 49, High Holborn; M and N Hanhart, Lithographic Printers.
1. Khanagiri Hill Cuttack
2. Mahavellipore, Cave With Structural Vimana,
3. Interior Of Vihara
4. Ajunta, General View Of Caves
5. Ajunta, Interior Of Chaitya Cave
6. Ajunta, Exterior Of Chaitya Cave
44.5 x 32 cms each, mounted

Three different views of Hindoo Temple on the banks of Ganges and Jamuna,
(a)TOMBS near ETAYA, IN THE DOO'AB, ON THE JUMNA RIVER.
(b) SACRED TANK and PAGODA near BENARAS; T Southerland sculp. ,BR>(c) VILLAGE and PAGODA below PATNA AZIMABAD on the river GANGES. A very significant study and depiction of the various Temples on the sacred rivers of India and it's various Temples on it's banks, Published at R ACKERMANN's 101 Strand, London Nov 1, 1824.
(a) 26.5 x 19 cms,
(b) 28 x 21 cms,
(c) 27 x 20 cms.