Oriental Annual Scenes India by Rev Hobart Caunter (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New Delhi, Asian Education Services. 1996. (12)+242 pages +plates. Publisher's cloth. The spine is a bit bumped and slanted. Indian facsimile reprint of the 1838 edition.

Facsimile of 1836 edition. Small 8vo. Prelims. + 297pp. B/w. frontispiece and illustrations. Original pictorial maroon boards lettered in gilt. US$21.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two frontispieces, vi, [2], 263p.[4]. Original brown morocco with gilt stamped designs on the boards within blind stamped frame. Gilt spine and foredge. Complete with the twenty-two engravings. John Hobart Caunter (1792 1851) was an English cleric and writer. Tissue guard in front of each engravings. Nominal rubbing to the hinges and small scratch mark on the upper portion of the front board. A remarkably well preserved copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Type: Book rebacked, aeg, lacks 5 engravings othwise internally fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 8" X 5 3/8" in brown leather with embossed snakes on the cover with an elephant in gilt. Heavily rubbed at corners, spine ends, both hinges cracking. An Englishman's look at exotic India in the 1830's. Illustrated with 22 engravings from drawings by William Daniell, R.A. 263pp + 4pp of publisher's ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Daniell, William (after) (illustrator). Presumed First. London: Bull and Churton, 1835 vi + 263 pp + 4 pp of advertisments. Two engravings frontis plus twenty exceptionally handsome engrvings in text of scenes and animals in India after William Daniell. . The Oriental Annual is the second of a planned three volume set containing descriptions of the three English Presidencies in India. The first covered Madras, this volume describes Calcutta. Ultimately seven volumes by the author with illustrations by Daniell were published. Dedicated to the then-Princess Victoria and her mother, the Duches of Kent. Text is clean, tight and undamaged, no foxing Front hinge cracked but holding. Oriiginal blind -stamped with a pattern of coiled snakes surrounding a gold-stamped imaged of three men riding an elephant, Gold stmped title with palm tree and camel on spine. Pigskin leather boards in VG condition with slight loss along edges. Gilt edged pages. Previous owner's name in pencil plus binders' stamp on front end-papers. Presumed First. Stamped Leather. Very Good Plus. Illus. by Daniell, William (after). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leather. Condition: Good. William Daniell (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this interesting account of India and its culture, with beautiful engraved illustrations throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original full embossed morocco binding with gilt detail. Bound by F. Westley. With a beautiful frontispiece, an engraved title page and twenty full page plates by William Daniell. Collated complete. Daniell was an English landscape painter, best known for his work in aquatint. During his artistic career, he travelled extensively around India, painting the people and scenery. A fascinating work regarding the culture of India. Written from the personal accounts of Rev. John Hobart Caunter. Caunter was an English cleric and writer who served as a cadet for the East India Company. He published numerous works relating to India and Biblical studies. 'The Oriental Annual' series concerned the different areas of India and was published in seven volumes. With an advertisement for the work to the front of the book, alongside four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. With the previous owner's neat ink signature to the front free endpaper. In the original full morocco binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities. Small crack to the upper rear joint. Light marks to the boards. Rear hinge is loosening. Light marks to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Binders label to the front paste-down. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free endpaper. Internally, binding strained between the frontispiece and engraved title page, but still firm. Pages age-toned to the edges. Spotting to the plates. The odd spot and handling mark throughout however the text is still bright and clear. Good. book.

Pp. (viii), 297, (1), adv. (6). With 22 steel engravings after drawings by William Daniell, including frontispiece and extra title. All protected by tissue guards. Publisher's embossed cloth, spines and covers blind-stamped and richly decorated in gilt, a.e.g., expertly rebacked.Deals with a journey visiting Madras, Tanjore, Madurai, Trichengur, Seringapatam, kingdom of Coorg Rajah, Cochin, Angria Bank, Muscat in Oman and finally Bombay and its vicinity. The beautiful plates depict views, sacred and famous buildings and sites, exotic animals including wild beasts fights and tiger hunt, etc. William Daniell travelled in India with his uncle Thomas Daniell for eight years and they produced a number of highly desirable aquatint illustrated works of the country including the renowned "Oriental Scenery" (1794). This volume is included in a series of seven volumes issued between 1834 and 1840.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 297, [1], [6]ads. 22 steel engravings after drawings by William Daniell (incl frontis. & additional title). original full morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt & blind incorporating images of snakes, elephants, & a camel, all edges gilt (very short splits in upper joints, 2 tissue guards lacking, light foxing to a few plates). Faxon p. 108.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. vi, [1 leaf], 263, [2]ads. 22 steel engravings after drawings by William Daniell (incl frontis. & additional title). original full morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt & blind incorporating images of snakes, elephants, & a camel, all edges gilt (light foxing to a few plates). Faxon p. 108.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 254, [2]ads. 25 steel engravings after drawings by William Daniell (incl frontis. & additional title). original full morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt & blind incorporating images of snakes, elephants, & a camel, all edges gilt (1 tissue guard missing, light foxing or marginal soiling to a few plates). Faxon p. 108.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good+. Bumping on bookends and spine. First 6 pages are loose. Book shows it's age and has mild-moderate foxing throughout. Gilt on all edges. No lean. Clear text and illustration on bookends and spine. Mylar sleeve. Price sticker attached to outside of front cover on top of mylar sleeve.