India and its Native Princes Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal. by Louis Rousselet - c. 1878

London: Bickers and Son,, c. 1878. A very good copy in decorative half crimson morocco. Text and plates are clean.. Binding: Original crimson half morocco with matching marbled boards, Marbled free end papers, 5 raised bands in 6 compartments. Decorative tooled gilt design on spine. Title in red and black. Gilt edges., Notes: This beautifully illustrated book depicts and describes life in central India in the mid-to-late 1800s. Rousselet’s album of photographs he took while traveling through India sold for over $100,000 at Christie’s — photographs which were no doubt used for the many full-page engraved plates which adorn this book.
The Art Newspaper (2002)
BM 22:31 (267)., Size: Small folio (245mm x 335m, Illustration: Illustrated with a profusion of full page plates and maps., Pages: P. Half title, blank, blank, Frontis, blank, Title,blank, dedication, blank, preface (2), Contents (vii-xiv), list of illustrations (xv-xviii), 1-576, Vocabulary 577-579), Category: Book Asia Central India & Ceylon / Sri Lanka;