India and Its Native Princes; Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal.

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.xx + frontispiece illustration + 619 pages + foldout map (illustrated throughout with 169 illustrations in text, 2 maps in text + numerous illustrated letters/one each that start the parts/ within text.). Original full leather binding, spine has 5 raised bands in 6 compartments, condition fair/poor as well rubbed and covers detached, spine in 2 parts, one part detached. Contents fair, some foxing on many pages, only noticed a couple of minor pencil underlines, with correct spelling in pencil to edge, no other inscriptions. Marbled end pages & marbling to edges. Gilt embossed to front cover is A.D. 1576 my trust is in god alone ,& the coat-of-arms of Sutton Valence school. From net; founded in 1576 by William Lambe, Master of the Worshipful Company of Cloth workers and a member of the Chapel Royal of Henry VIII. under the control of the Worshipful Company of Cloth workers. The author Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet was a French writer, photographer and traveller, who was in India from 1864 to 1870, travelling, hunting and spending time with Indian native Princes in their courts, and tells his view of the life and condition of the different aspects of life in the country. Spending most of his time in central India. As Rousselet was French, this was originally published in France (in French) in 1875, with most if not all engraved illustrations from his own photographs (that now command very high prices). This English edition has been carefully revised and edited by Lieut Col Buckle who also spent time in India. If ordering to be sent outside the UK, due to size/weight, there will be a surcharge for postage Size: 19 x 28cm Approx. Seller Inventory # 002083

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