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CAUNTER, REV. JOHN HOBART / DANIELL, WILLIAM (Ill.): - The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India. London, Samuel Bentley, 1836.
. 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.
EUR 300.00 [Appr.: US$ 324.83 | £UK 258 | JP¥ 50770] Booknumber: 120359
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EUR 300.00 [Appr.: US$ 324.83 | £UK 258 | JP¥ 50770] Booknumber: 120359
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