Indian lithographic printing
Geography and travel, collection of works in Urdu, 19th and early 20th century
£252
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Le Bon, Gustave. Tamaddun-i Hind [Les Civilisations de l'Inde]. Agra: Matba' Shams, 1913. Folio, contemporary cloth, rebacked, 531 pp., numerous halftone photographic plates (many tinted), textblock detached from binding;
Nazir Ahmad Sahib. Muharabat Misr wa-Sudan ['The Wars between Egypt and the Sudan']. Delhi: Matba' Ruzana Akhbar, 1899. 8vo, contemporary half cloth, 156 pp., lithographic text-illustrations and plates (several folding), numerous repairs;
Wallace, Mackenzie. Tarikh-i-Rossia or Urdu Translation of "Russia". Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, 1887. 8vo, contemporary cloth, 628 pp., title-page in English and Urdu, title-page repaired, variable worming;
[Delhi Durbar of 1903] Maulvi Fayruz al-Din. Yadigar-i Darbar. Probably Lahore, c.1903. 8vo, later cloth, numerous halftone photographic plates of Indian rulers, Edward VII and the author, several other plates, lacking title-page;
Hamid 'Ali Siddiqi Saharanpuri. Tarikh Afriqah ['History of Africa']. Delhi: Ruzana Akhbar Press, 1898. 8vo, contemporary half leather, rebacked, 265 pp., light worming;
and 8 others similar, including: George Willis Botsford, Tarikh Rum [A History of Rome], Lahore: Punjab Press, 1909, contemporary wrappers, spine perished, 192 pp.; Mungo Park, Safarnamah Mungo Park [title in Urdu, i.e. 'The Travel Account of Mungo Park'], Lahore: Ta'lim Steam Press, 1907 (8vo, disbound, possibly incomplete at end);
and others on Afghanistan, India; collations not established and the lot sold as seen