Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2
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July 21, 06:37 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Daniell, Thomas and William
Four plates from "Oriental Scenery." London: the Authors, 1812-13
Four plates (to sight: 232 x 175 mm). Uncolored aquatints, numbered and captioned. Matted, framed, and glazed; not examined out of frame.
Lot includes:
Plate 15: View of Gyah, an Hindoo town, in Bahar
Plate 16: An Hindoo Temple at Madura
Plate 22: The Great Bull, an Hindoo Temple at Tanjore
Plate 24: Gate leading to a Musjed at Chunar Gur
A suite of images from "The finest illustrated work ever published on India" (Tooley).
REFERENCE:
cf. Abbey, Travel 432