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PRINCE ALEKSEI DMITRIEVICH SOLTYKOV (1806-1859)
Indian Scenes and Characters: sketched from life, by Prince Alexis Soltykoff. Edited by Edward B. Eastwick. London: Smith, Elder & Co. and Smith, Taylor & Co. in Bombay, 1859. 2° (609 x 430mm). Additional lithographic title printed in gold and black with tinted vignette, 15 tinted plates, all after Soltykoff by de Rudder or J. Trayer, printed by Auguste Bry of Paris. (A few text leaves with tiny marginal tears, leaf of preface with two very minor tears repaired to verso without loss, 80mm closed and repaired tear to text leaf of plate 1, very small chip to text leaf of plate 13, very minor scattered spotting and soiling mostly confined to margins, text leaf to pl. 15 and 2 plates 'Cavalcade of Sikh Chieftains on Elephants' and 'Sikh Chieftains' with frayed and lightly soiled margins sometime expertly repaired). Contemporary half red morocco, red morocco gilt label to upper cover, marbled endpapers (rebacked, extremities rubbed). Provenance: James B. Ford (presented to:) -- The Explorers Club (bookplate).
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of one of the greatest of all Indian plate books, comprising a fine collection of views, scenes and portraits with letterpress commentaries and a dedication to Lord Stanley (the Secretary of State for India), all edited by the well-known orientalist and diplomat, Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814-1883). Soltykov's wealth allowed him the luxury of lavish publication standards and afforded him the liberty to write as he found. The text of this work is both informative and perceptive and characteristically full of colourful detail. The work was available with the plates in at least two states: as here, or proof impressions (see these rooms, 25 May 1995 lot 121). ONLY 8 COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN WORLDCAT; not in the standard bibliographies.
Indian Scenes and Characters: sketched from life, by Prince Alexis Soltykoff. Edited by Edward B. Eastwick. London: Smith, Elder & Co. and Smith, Taylor & Co. in Bombay, 1859. 2° (609 x 430mm). Additional lithographic title printed in gold and black with tinted vignette, 15 tinted plates, all after Soltykoff by de Rudder or J. Trayer, printed by Auguste Bry of Paris. (A few text leaves with tiny marginal tears, leaf of preface with two very minor tears repaired to verso without loss, 80mm closed and repaired tear to text leaf of plate 1, very small chip to text leaf of plate 13, very minor scattered spotting and soiling mostly confined to margins, text leaf to pl. 15 and 2 plates 'Cavalcade of Sikh Chieftains on Elephants' and 'Sikh Chieftains' with frayed and lightly soiled margins sometime expertly repaired). Contemporary half red morocco, red morocco gilt label to upper cover, marbled endpapers (rebacked, extremities rubbed). Provenance: James B. Ford (presented to:) -- The Explorers Club (bookplate).
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of one of the greatest of all Indian plate books, comprising a fine collection of views, scenes and portraits with letterpress commentaries and a dedication to Lord Stanley (the Secretary of State for India), all edited by the well-known orientalist and diplomat, Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814-1883). Soltykov's wealth allowed him the luxury of lavish publication standards and afforded him the liberty to write as he found. The text of this work is both informative and perceptive and characteristically full of colourful detail. The work was available with the plates in at least two states: as here, or proof impressions (see these rooms, 25 May 1995 lot 121). ONLY 8 COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN WORLDCAT; not in the standard bibliographies.
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