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Lot Essay
The Louise Margaret in the inscription may be Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia who married one of Queen Victoria's sons, Prince Arthur William Patrick in 1879.
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LOUIS ROUSSELET (Author)
India and its Native Princes Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal, London: Chapman and Hall, 1876
Presentation copy signed and inscribed by Queen Victoria, with 317 engravings, many after photographs, and 6 maps. Vocabulary of Indian terms, list of full-page engravings, list of illustrations, contents, preface, dedication page, title in black and red, half-title, front free blank inscribed Louise Margaret. (From the Queen.-) Osborne - July 25th 1885, bookplate initialled LM inside front cover, red leather, gilt, titled in gilt on front cover and on spine, g.e.
The volume: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
India and its Native Princes Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal, London: Chapman and Hall, 1876
Presentation copy signed and inscribed by Queen Victoria, with 317 engravings, many after photographs, and 6 maps. Vocabulary of Indian terms, list of full-page engravings, list of illustrations, contents, preface, dedication page, title in black and red, half-title, front free blank inscribed Louise Margaret. (From the Queen.-) Osborne - July 25th 1885, bookplate initialled LM inside front cover, red leather, gilt, titled in gilt on front cover and on spine, g.e.
The volume: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
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