HENRY GORDON CREED (1812-77): PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE RUINS OF BEEJAPOUR AND KOOLBURGA

Lot 106
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 106 | HENRY GORDON CREED (1812-77): PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE RUINS OF BEEJAPOUR AND KOOLBURGA
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HENRY GORDON CREED (1812-77): PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE RUINS OF BEEJAPOUR AND KOOLBURGA

AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA, 1837 AD

An autograph account of a journey through Bijapur and Gulbarga including historical information about the region, English manuscript on paper, 73ff. of neat cursive script, 19 single and double-page watercolour illustrations including two maps, 10 smaller vignettes, illustrated frontispiece, in contemporaneous blue velvet binding with tooled leather onlays, with silver clasp, the doublures white silk

Folio 8 ¾ x 7in. (22.3 x 17.9cm.)

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