Indoislamica: art and rare books relating to India, Central Asia and the Islamic world

Fraser, James B. (Baillie) Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc. With Sketches of the Character and Manners of the Koordish and Arab Tribes.

First Edition, London 1835.

Engraved frontispieces. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. pp. ix, 382, 477. 8vo. (2 volumes in one).

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Davidson. Lieut.-Colonel C. J. C. Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India.

First Edition, London 1843.

Original patterned cloth, pp. xv, 344, x, 349. 8vo. (2 Volumes).

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Bruce, Lieut.-Colonel. The Hon C.G. Kulu and Lahoul.

First edition, London 1914.

Gravure frontispiece, 24 half-tone plates, sketch-map, coloured folding map. Half-calf, spine gilt. pp. xii, 307. 8vo.

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Holdich, Colonel Sir Thomas The Gates of India; being An Historical Narrative.

First Edition, London 1910.

5 maps, including 2 coloured folding maps. pp. xv, 555. 8vo.

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Temple, Sir Richard. Journals kept in Hyderabad, Kashmir, Sikkim, and Nepal.

First Edition, London 1887.

Volume I: Coloured lithographed frontispiece, 4 plates (one a mounted Woodburytype photograph), 4 coloured lithographed maps and plans, (3 folding, including a plan of the city of Srinagar). Volume II: Coloured lithographed frontispiece, 3 coloured lithographed plates, folding panorama of Kashmir from the Takht-i-Sulaiman mountain range, 2 other plates, 3 folding maps of Kashmir, Nepal and Sikkim. 8vo.

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Curzon, George N. Russia in Central Asia in 1889, and the Anglo-Russian Question.

First edition, London 1889.

16 plates, 37 text illustrations, 2 coloured lithographed folding maps. Original armorial cloth, gilt. pp. xxiii, 477. 8vo.

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Fraser, James B. (Baillie) Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea.

With an Appendix, containing Short Notices on the Geology and Commerce of Persia.

First Edition, London 1826.

Quarter-morocco, spine ruled in gilt. pp. viii, 384. 440. 8vo.

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Daniell, Thomas R.A. (1749-1840) and Daniell, William (1769-1837). Hindoo Temples at Bindrabund on the River Jumna. From Oriental Scenery (Part 1).

From the Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan. Drawn and Engraved by Thomas Daniell, and with permission respectfully dedicated to the Honorable Court of Directors/of the East India Company. London March. 1795.

London 1795-1797.

Aquatint with original hand colouring. Faint trace of old diagonal crease. 540 x 738mm. (21 x 29ins).

Abbey Travel 420 no.3. J.R. Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey: a bibliographical catalogue. London 1957.

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Daniell, Thomas R.A. (1749-1840) and Daniell, William (1769-1837). Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad.

From Oriental Scenery (Part 3, plate 3), October 1801: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan. Drawn and Engraved by Thomas Daniell, and with permission respectfully dedicated to the Honorable Court of Directors/of the East India Company.

Published by Thomas Daniell, Howland Street, Fitzroy Square, London 1801-1803.

Hand-coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell after drawings by them both. A fine impression on thick Whatman paper with rich, unfaded colour, wide untrimmed margins and platemark. 570 x 760mm. (22.5 x 30ins) overall.

Abbey Travel 420 no. 79. J.R. Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, from the library of J.R. Abbey: a bibliographical catalogue. London 1957.

Archer III, plate 6. M. Archer, Early Views of India: The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786- 1794. London 1980.

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Daniell, Thomas R.A. (1749-1840) and Daniell, William (1769-1837). The Mausoleum of Amir Khusero, at the ancient city of Delhi.

From Oriental Scenery (Part 3, plate 6), December 1801: Twenty Four Views in Hindoostan. It is actually the Chaunsath Khamba, near Nizamuddin, the mausoleum of Mirza Aziz Koka and others.

A fine impression on thick Whatman paper with rich, unfaded colour, wide untrimmed margins and platemark.

Drawn, engraved and published by Thomas Daniell, Howland Street, Fitzroy Square, London 1801-1803.

Hand-coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell after drawings by them both. 570 x 760mm. (22.5 x 30ins) overall.

Abbey Travel 420 no. 82. J.R. Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey: a bibliographical catalogue. London 1957.

Archer III, plate 6. M. Archer, Early Views of India: The Picturesque Journeys of Thomas and William Daniell 1786- 1794. London 1980.

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Christmas lunch scene in India, titled ‘Absent Friends’.

Circa 1860.

Chromolithographic souvenir. 130 x 100mm. (5 x 4 ins).

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The Shalimar Gardens No 1 Lahore.

Printed in Saxony, early 20th century.

Photographic postcard. Very slight corner abrasion. Unused.

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