India
Collection of books in Persian, Urdu or Hindi, lithographically printed, 19th and early 20th century
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 18 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Including: [Indian rulers]. Majmu'ah al-tasawir ya'ni muraqqa'ah al-mashahir [Urdu title, i.e. ‘Collection of Pictures - Album of Notables], Dehli: Matba' Rizvi, 1890-1. Several parts in one volume, 8vo, contemporary Indian red half leather binding, printed on varicoloured paper, parallel Hindi and Urdu text, with full-page portraits of the Ra'is of Bikaner, the Nawab Khan-i Khanan, Raja Birbal, wear to spine, tears and losses to a few leaves, full collation not established;
[Arabia] Muhammad Sibghat Allah. Al-sikkinah bi-akhbar al-Madinah ['The Incisive Account of Medina']. [No place]: Matba' Mu'ayyad al-Islam, c.1900, in Urdu, with lithographic illustrations including views of Medina, shrine of Hamza, the Prophet's Mosque, etc.;
Knight, Morley. [‘Hints on Driving’]. Ajmer: Mission Press, c.1919. 8vo, in Hindi, on horse-riding, inscribed by the translator on verso of title-page, disbound, damp-staining;
Munshi Hardial Singh. Jugrafia Rajputana ['Geography of Rajputana']. Lucknow: Shrameenabad Press, 1864. 8vo, in Hindi, stitched in original yellow wrappers, folding map;
[Persian literature]. Sammelband of three works: Mufid-nama ['The Useful Book']; Insha-i Fa'iq; Gulistan. Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, c.1900. Tall 8vo, stitched;
[Persian literature]. Bahar-i Danish, [no place]: Matba' Hindu Press, c.1900, stitched;
and some 30 others similar, mostly disbound, including several numbers of an astrological magazine printed in Kanpur, c.1900, the lot sold as seen (approx. 40)