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DANIELL, WILLIAM. 1767-1837; AND THOMAS DANIELL 1749-1840. Oriental Scenery ... Views of the Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindoostan. London: Thomas and William Daniell 1812-1816. 6 parts in 2 volumes. Oblong 4to (250 x 360 mm). 6 aquatint half-titles, 6 letterpress title pages, 144 aquatint plates, 8 engraved plans. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Joints cracked, losses to spine ends, light offsetting from plates. Provenance: Raj Krishna. An attractive copy of the 4to edition of Daniell's important work. "[Thomas] Daniell, assisted by his nephew [William], produced his best-known work Oriental Scenery (issued in six series) of Indian views making a total of 144 hand-colored aquatint views of India. These represent Mughal and Dravidian monuments, cityscapes and sublime views of mountains and waterfalls and formed the most extensive work of its kind, finding subscribers throughout Britain as well as in Calcutta and Madras" (DNB). The plates in this edition were carefully reduced and copied from the large folio edition published between 1795 and 1808. Abbey Travel 432.