INDIA

Lot 150
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£ 4 788
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ID 993034
Lot 150 | INDIA
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
INDIA

Life in India. N. p., [c. 1830].

An unusual and scarce publication, intended to be the first issue of a series, providing a cynical look at British life in India. The plates are: 'Landing in India'; 'The Kucherree, or Court of Justice'; 'The Moolaqât, or Visit of Ceremony'; 'Hearing Petitions in Chambers'; 'The Auction'; and, 'The Levy'. Bobins V, 1647. Not in Abbey.



Oblong folio (274 x 371mm). No title page, 3 pages introductory text, 6 aquatint plates finished in contemporary hand-colour, with corresponding printed text facing each plate, untrimmed and with large margins, blind stamp opposite introductory text reading '1825' (occasional spotting, some finger-soiling, stain lower right increasing in size throughout, creased edges, crease down middle indicating that unbound folio may have once been folded). Unbound and stitched as issued (stitching loose), housed within new red cloth folder, brown leather label, gilt lettering.





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