Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II MORTIMER MENPES (1855 - 1938)
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India
Text by Flora Annie Steel; Menpes visited India in 1903 to cover the Delhi Durbar organized by Lord Curzon. This is his pictorial record of a tour across India. Another book resulted in a 100-plate book on the Durbar itself [see previous lot]
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1912 [Reprint of 1905 edition]
Cover: Original decorated cloth binding 216 pp + 75 colour plates with tissue guards by Australian artist Menpes + folding map
Binding: Hardback
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Covers worn and cloth decorations faded