Lot 107
Schonberg, Erich von
Travels in India and Kashmir
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, titles gilt to spines, covers decoratively panel-stamped in blind, 337, 310 pp., engraved frontispiece to each volume, 16 pp. advertisements to volume 1, 8 + 16 pp., advertisements to volume 2, bookseller's ticket (Geo. Montagu, Allahabad) to rear pastedown, several gatherings unopened, spines very slightly faded, a few small white marks to covers, volume 2 pp. 299/300 with marginal tear (2)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood (1865-1951), with his book-label to each volume.
Footnote
Very rare: no other copy traced in auction records. The second volume contains an account of the Sikh Empire, including a description of the accession of Dulip Singh and anecdotes of the reign of his father Ranjit Singh.