Author: Home, Robert (1752-1834)
Title: SELECT VIEWS IN MYSORE, the Country of Tippoo Sultan; from Drawings Taken on the Spot by Mr. Home; with Historical Descriptions.
Description: London, Mr. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Letter-press by T. Bensley, from Figgins's types. 1794 Copperplates (29 views of India) drawn by Robert Home engraved by Hawksworth, Skelton et al. + folding Plans (3 of 4, lacks Plan of Bangalore). . Royal quarto (33.5x28.5cm) speckled leather spine gilt ruled with orange gilt spine title label. Covers of wood-grain marbled paper (edges rubbed with vellum tips showing). First leaf of Urdu script (facing titlepage), vii (inc. titlepage, dedication & Preface) +[1]p blank) +[1] leaf of Inscriptions (on monuments shown in Plate 7) + 48pp of text, with 12 leaves of Urdu script keyed to first page number of each section (versos blank) and 29 plates as called for, + folding Plan of Ootradoog, folding Plan of the Carnatic and Mysore drawn by M. Armstrong June 1792, and finally larger folding Plan showing position of Confederate Armies under Earl Cornwallis before Seringapatam in February 1792. Small repair without loss to 1 inch of this final plan and a few edge creases (no other tears). *A wide margined copy with the plates in well printed impressions, all pages crisp and clean, collated complete except lacking 1 of 4 folding Plans (ESTC T90237).
Keywords: India history military actions Mysore Carnatic views
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Title: SELECT VIEWS IN MYSORE, the Country of Tippoo Sultan; from Drawings Taken on the Spot by Mr. Home; with Historical Descriptions.
Description: London, Mr. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Letter-press by T. Bensley, from Figgins's types. 1794 Copperplates (29 views of India) drawn by Robert Home engraved by Hawksworth, Skelton et al. + folding Plans (3 of 4, lacks Plan of Bangalore). . Royal quarto (33.5x28.5cm) speckled leather spine gilt ruled with orange gilt spine title label. Covers of wood-grain marbled paper (edges rubbed with vellum tips showing). First leaf of Urdu script (facing titlepage), vii (inc. titlepage, dedication & Preface) +[1]p blank) +[1] leaf of Inscriptions (on monuments shown in Plate 7) + 48pp of text, with 12 leaves of Urdu script keyed to first page number of each section (versos blank) and 29 plates as called for, + folding Plan of Ootradoog, folding Plan of the Carnatic and Mysore drawn by M. Armstrong June 1792, and finally larger folding Plan showing position of Confederate Armies under Earl Cornwallis before Seringapatam in February 1792. Small repair without loss to 1 inch of this final plan and a few edge creases (no other tears). *A wide margined copy with the plates in well printed impressions, all pages crisp and clean, collated complete except lacking 1 of 4 folding Plans (ESTC T90237).
Keywords: India history military actions Mysore Carnatic views
Price: GBP 1230.00 = appr. US$ 1756.42 Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books
- Book number: V74897
- Book number: V74897
See more books from our catalog: Antiquarian