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GRINDLAY, ROBERT MELVILLE. 1786-1877. Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India. London: R. Ackermann/Smith & Elder, 1826-1830. image 1
GRINDLAY, ROBERT MELVILLE. 1786-1877. Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India. London: R. Ackermann/Smith & Elder, 1826-1830. image 2
The Max and Peter Allen Collection of the Graphic Art of British India
Lot 9

GRINDLAY, ROBERT MELVILLE. 1786-1877.
Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India. London: R. Ackermann/Smith & Elder, 1826-1830.

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GRINDLAY, ROBERT MELVILLE. 1786-1877.

Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India. London: R. Ackermann/Smith & Elder, 1826-1830.
2 volumes bound in 1. Large 4to (405 x 315 mm). 2 title pages with lithographic vignettes on each (1 colored), 36 colored aquatint plates. Modern three-quarter red morocco and cloth. Some fingermarks, margins slightly trimmed.
Provenance: The Max and Peter Allen Collection.

FIRST EDITION. "Next to Daniell the most attractive colour plate book on India. One of the few books in which the name of the colourist is mentioned. viz. J.B. Hogarth" (Tooley). Issued originally in six parts, with illustrations taken from a collection of sketches and drawings made by Grindlay while he was in the service of the East India Company. It was also issued in 2 volumes with part titles (as here, but bound together), and in 1 volume with a single title page. Abbey Travel II, 442; Tooley 239.

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