Hodges, William

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

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Description

Choix de vues de l'Inde, dessinées sur les lieux, pendant les années 1780, 1781, 1782, et 1783 — Select Views in India, Drawn on the Spot, in the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783. London: Printed [by Joseph Cooper] for the author; and Sold by J. Edwards, [1785–88]
paper, ink, leather

Two volumes in one oblong folio (15 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.; 387 x 549 mm). Title-page in French and English, dedication leaf and 40 text leaves in two columns in French and English, contents leaf in English, engraved map of the River Ganges, Jumna, Goomty and Gogra, 48 aquatint plates by and after Hodges printed in bistre; marginal foxing to about 5 plates, short marginal tear to plate 33, offsetting of plates to text leaves, causing some light discoloration. Contemporary calf, gilt Greek key border, marbled endpapers; rebacked, rehinged, some restoration work to extremities.

Literature

ESTC T87143; Abbey, Travel 416; Tooley 264

Catalogue Note

First edition, first issue, offering the first substantial series of views of India, including the first depiction of the Taj Mahal (shown in the background of plate 15, "A View of the Fort of Agra").