Lot 246: TOD, James, Lieut. Col. (1782-1835). Travels in Western India . London: William Allen, 1839.

Name: TOD, James, Lieut. Col. (1782-1835). Travels in Western India . London: William Allen, 1839.
Brand: Christie's
SKU: c76fc008dd

Est: £900 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 03, 2009

Item Overview

Description

TOD, James, Lieut. Col. (1782-1835). Travels in Western India. London: William Allen, 1839.

4° (320 x 250mm). 9 plates, one of these lithographic. (Spotting, mostly in the plates.) Original green cloth, sides tooled in blind, spine lettered in gilt within a pictorial frame, yellow glazed endpapers (light rubbing).

FIRST EDITION, IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL CLOTH of an account of Tod's journey from Udaipur to Mumbai via Mt Abu, with an early, detailed description of the religious customs of the hill tribes of Southern Rajasthan. The plates mainly show views of the region's principal sacred buildings in their landscape. The village Todgarh was so named by the Maharana of Udaipur to commemorate Tod's work in the region.

Artist or Maker

James Tod

Notes

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Auction Details

Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Fine Plate books from an Historic Continental Library

Christie's

June 03, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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