Lot 93
Clunes, John
Itinerary and Directory for Western India
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
being a Collection of Routes through the Provinces Subject to the Presidency of Bombay, and the Principal Roads in the Neighbouring States. Calcutta: Bishop’s College Press, 1826. [Bound with:] Appendix to the Itinerary for Western India, containing Brief Accounts of the Princes and Zumeendars holding Possessions within the Territories through which the Routes in the Itinerary Lead: together with Short Notices of the Principal Persons at the Different Durbars. Bombay: American Mission Press, 1828. First editions, 8vo (23.1 x 14.4cm), contemporary half leather, viii 212, [15] 10-44 [2] 45-116 pp., folding table (main work, pp. 207/8) printer's addendum leaf (‘Rates of Hire from Panwell’) mounted to rear endpaper, bookplate and ownership inscription of Clive Coates of Helperby to endpapers, tear to head of spine
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Presentation copy, inscribed ‘Josiah Dupre Alexander Esq, with the author’s respectful compts' on the title-page, the recipient very likely to be Josias Du Pré Alexander (1771-1839), a director of the East India Company from 1820 to 1838.
Footnote
No other copy traced in auction records. The author was an officer in the Bombay Native Infantry.