Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II COLESWORTHY GRANT , DONALD MAXWELL BORSTAL (1813 - 1880, 1877 - 1936)
CONTACT US
Catalogue & Viewing
Lot Closed
Accounts & Shipping
Lot Closed
-
Details Details
1. COLESWORTHY GRANT (1813-1880)
Anglo-Indian Domestic Life – A letter from an artist in India to his mother in England, by the author of “Rural Life in Bengal” [Colesworthy Grant – who was an indigo planter and artist based in Calcutta], Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co.,1862, Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged [First published 1840s], pp. ix, 181 + map of Calcutta + 7 page index to iIllustrations, tinted frontispiece + 175 illustrations in the text Original green-cloth binding with gilt-title on cover and bookplate of Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor-General of India [1872-76] inside front cover.2. DONALD MAXWELL BORSTAL (1877–1936)
Across India with the Prince - A very unofficial account of the voyage of the ‘Renown’ from Portsmouth to Bombay and the travels of H.R.H. across India to Calcutta, Donald Maxwell Borstal, Rochester: Privately published by the artist, 1922.Cover: Beige cloth with title printed on cover xii, 100 pp with 8 colour plates and many line drawings related to Prince Edward VIII’s visit to India (the Prince who abdicated the throne in 1936)
Binding: Hardback
Edition De Luxe of 150 copies, this copy is an unnumbered presentation copy from the artist’s daughter Andy Edwards, dated August 1954.