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A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India
de Charles Ramus Forrest
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- First
- Estado
- Very Good+
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Acton, Massachusetts, United States
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A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India. Author- Charles Forrest. London: R. Ackermann, July 1, 1824.
Folio (330 x 275 mm). 24 hand-colored aquatint plates byThomas Sutherland and G. Hunt after Forrest, folding engraved frontispiece map, hand-colored aquatint engraved vignettes on title-page and bottom of final page of text (p 191). Rebacked polished calf gilt, retaining contemporary spine and covers. Plates are almost spotless, brightly colored; minor offsetting of text inside; internally clean. Housed in a beautiful custom box.
Provenance: The Max and Peter Allen Collection. First Edition. This extraordinary work was one of Ackermann's first publications, beginning with a text on the history of India followed by finely detailed aquatint illustrations of scenes along the Ganges and Jumna. Abbey Travel 441; Tooley 227.
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- Timeless Tales Rare Books
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- H-154
- Título
- A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India
- Autor
- Charles Ramus Forrest
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- London: R. Ackermann, July 1, 1824
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1824
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