The Picture of India, Geographical, Historical and Descriptive, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].

Mudie, Robert.

Published by London, Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1832

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Two volumes. Octavo. Pp. xx, 415, with folding engraved map as frontispiece, engraved title-page with vignette illustration, drawn and engraved by C. Marr, and 10 wood-engraved vignettes, each at the head of a chapter; (ii), 445, with engraved frontispiece "Pass in the Ghauts" by C. Marr, engraved title-page with vignette illustration, and 9 wood-engraved vignettes, each at the head of a chapter, some foxing to engraved titles due to paper quality. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full cloth, delicately blind embossed with floral motif, decorative lettering-piece to each spine bit rubbed, cloth bit discoloured, minute bump to a lower corner. Overall an attractive set in a very good condition. ~ Second edition, first published in 1830. Robert Mudie (1777-1842). In 1829 he published "The Picture of Australia" (London, Whittaker, Treacher, & Co.). The present survey of India is "intended to furnish a general sketch of the country, as well to those who are to visit it, who are in it, or have returned, as to those who merely wish for information". Beautifully illustrated. I-2 OUT.

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• Title: The Picture of India, Geographical, Historical and Descriptive, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
• Publisher: London, Whittaker, Treacher, & Co.
• Publication Date: 1832
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~
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