Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1923
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/1
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    526 Seven Pagodas (The) on the CoRcuanie: Coast: Descriptive and Historical Papers by Chambers, Babington, Mahon, Braddock, Sir W. Elliot, and others, ed. by Capt. M. W. Carr, folding plan, lithographs, ke. , imp. folio, boards, Madras, 1869 £5 527 Shipp (Lieut. John, 87th Regiment) Memorrs of his EXTRAORDINARY CAREER, by Himself, portrait, FIRST EDITION, 3 vols, post 8vo. hf. calf, 1829 9s 528 Shurreef (Jaffur, a Native of the Deccan) QANOoN-E-IsLAM, or the Customs of the Moosulmans of India, trans. by G. A. HprKuorts, second Hd., 2 coloured and many other illustrations, 8vo., cl., Madras, 1863 £1 529 Sikh War (First) : Despatcues relating the Engagements of Moodkee, Feroze- shah, Aliwal, and Sobraon, maps and plans, 8vo., cl., 1846 8s 530 Siksha-Samuccaya: a Comrenpium of Buppuist Docrring, compiled by SANTIDEVA, trans.. by Cecil Bendall and W. H. D. Rouse (Indian Texts Series), 8vo., cl., 1922 15s 531 Simpson (William, Artist and War Correspondent) Inpta, ANCIENT and MopErnN: a Series of Illustrations of the Country and People of India and adjacent Territories, 50 fine COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS, with Descriptive Text by Sir J. W. Kaya, 2 vols in one, imp. folio, hf. morocco, g.e., Day & ss 1867 532 Skrine (F. H.) and E. D. Ross.—The Heart of Asia: Russian Turkistan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times, 2 maps and 19 dlustra- trons, 8vo., cl., 1899 15s 533 Sleeman (Sir W. H.) Journey through the Kinepom of Oupgr, 1849-50, with CoRRESPONDENCE relative to its Annexation, map, 2 vols, er. 8vo., buckram, 1858 £1 6s RAMASEEANA, or a Vocabulary of the peculiar LANGUAGE used by the THuGs, with Intro. and Appendix, 8vo., calf extra, uncut, t.e.g. (scarce), 1836 £2 10s (Bengal Army) RAMBLES and RECOLLECTIONS of an INDIAN OFFICIAL (including the Author’s Journey from the Banks of the Nerbudda to the Himalayas, 1835-36), beautefully lustrated with 32 coloured plates, 2 vols, roy. 8vo., hf. morocco, 1844 £3 10s Contains several views of the Taj Mahal and the Pavilion at Daont 536 ANOTHER EpiTion, ed. by V. A. Smith, 2 vols, er. 8vo., cl., 1893 6s 537 Smyth (Major G. Carmichael, 3rd Bengal Cavalry) Hisrory of the REIGNING Famizy of LAnors [Ransit SINGH’s], with Account of Jummoo Rasans, the Seik Soldiers and their SrrpARs, map and portraits, 8vo., cl., Calcutta, 1847 £1 O34 535 With presentation inscription by the Author. 538 SOLVYNS (Bart.) COSTUME or HINDOSTAN : Oriaginat Etcuines, DE- SCRIPTIVE of the MANNERS, Customs, CHARACTER, DRESS, and RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES of the HINDOOS, ORIGINAL EDITION, 220 coloured etchings (fine impressions, but wanting 2 etchings), mounted, 4 vols, folio, red morocco, Calcutta, 1799 £16 Complete sets do nos often occur for sale. This copy has the rare folding viEws of CALCUTTA. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY FRANCOIS BALTHAZAR SOLVYNS. A COLLECTION or FORTY-ONE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS executed for the above Work, highly finished and representing 22 full-length figures of natives, and views, 11 pictures of sea and river craft, and 8 pencilled sketches, bound in folio volume, calf £32 Wit presentation inscription by the Painter’s Widow, dated Gand, 1829. This celebrated Dutch Artist accompanied Sir Home Popham in his voyage to the East, and spent 15 years ia studying th customs and usages of the Hindoo, both in his public and private life, 539