8vo; 20 pl. (text n.c., spotting, sometimes extensive or darker, occ. sl. damp stains in begin.). Contemp. half red shagreen, blind-ruled red buckram on covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, wr. pres. (sl. rubbed, head and tail a bit more, def. at upper edge of front cover). First edition illustrated with 20 steel-engravings: views and monuments (Benares, Calcutta, New Delhi, the Golden Temple...), picturesque scenes (elephant fighting, leopard hunting...) and 4 hand-coloured fig. types and costumes; vignette on title. By Énault (1824-1900), French journalist, novelist and translator. Ref. Carteret III:220. - Not in Chadenat. Joined: Steel, Flora Annie - Tales of the Punjab, told by the people. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kippling, C.I.E. And notes by R. C. Temple. London, Macmilland and Co & New York, 1894. 8vo (some foxing, sm. stains on pp. 131-2). Gilt picturial publ. green cloth. Ill. in the text with headpieces, full-pages, in-text and initials by the father of Rudyard Kipling. (2 vol.) Read more Read less
8vo; 20 pl. (text n.c., spotting, sometimes extensive or darker, occ. sl. damp stains in begin.). Contemp. half red shagreen, blind-ruled red buckram on covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, wr. pres. (sl. rubbed, head and tail a bit more, def. at upper edge of front cover). First edition illustrated with 20 steel-engravings: views and monuments (Benares, Calcutta, New Delhi, the Golden Temple...), picturesque scenes (elephant fighting, leopard hunting...) and 4 hand-coloured fig. types and costumes; vignette on title. By Énault (1824-1900), French journalist, novelist and translator. Ref. Carteret III:220. - Not in Chadenat. Joined: Steel, Flora Annie - Tales of the Punjab, told by the people. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kippling, C.I.E. And notes by R. C. Temple. London, Macmilland and Co & New York, 1894. 8vo (some foxing, sm. stains on pp. 131-2). Gilt picturial publ. green cloth. Ill. in the text with headpieces, full-pages, in-text and initials by the father of Rudyard Kipling. (2 vol.) Read more Read less
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