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A comprehensive study of the hunting, trapping and transporting of elephants including a few photographs of working elephants, river scenes, bamboo forests and portraits of 'Kuruber' and 'Sholiga' trackers.
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'The Mysore Keddah Album', circa 1890s
Album of fifty-six photographs, albumen prints, approx. 6 x 8¼ in. to 8½ x 11¼ in., mounted one-per-page, each with printed title label on mount, red morocco, gilt, title and vignette of working elephants blocked in gilt on front cover, g.e., oblong 4to.
'The Mysore Keddah Album', circa 1890s
Album of fifty-six photographs, albumen prints, approx. 6 x 8¼ in. to 8½ x 11¼ in., mounted one-per-page, each with printed title label on mount, red morocco, gilt, title and vignette of working elephants blocked in gilt on front cover, g.e., oblong 4to.