India and Ceylon--Bourne, S., C. Shepherd, T. Rust, J. Saché, Skeen & Co., and others.

Oblong folio (330 x 385mm.), 69 albumen prints (average 217 x 278mm., or the reverse), 8 signed Bourne in the negative, 5 Bourne and Shepherd, one Saché, one with the blindstamp of Skeen & Co. in the image, and 4 Frith series, mounted on thick card, recto and verso, nineteenth-century morocco gilt, upper cover titled in gilt, spine gilt, gilt edges, some spotting and occasional marginal dust-soiling, binding slightly rubbed

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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A fine collection of views of India (including Bombay, Calcutta, Benares, Delhi, Agra, Jeypore, and Madras) and Ceylon (c.12).