DELHI; PAST AND PRESENT
by Fanshawe, H. C
First edition.
Price: $350.00
- Bookseller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Seller Inventory #: 9903
- Format: Octavo,
- Book condition: Very good. Some foxing to frontis.
- Illustrator: Illustrated. Frontis and forty-nine (49) black and white plates plus eleven (11) maps and plans, nine (9) in the text plus two (2) in a rear pocket; of the eleven maps two (2) are folding. The contents calls for ten maps, there is a folding color map of
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: John Murray,
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1902.
Book Description
London: : John Murray, , 1902. . First edition.. Octavo,. Very good. Some foxing to frontis. . Illustrated. Frontis and forty-nine (49) black and white plates plus eleven (11) maps and plans, nine (9) in the text plus two (2) in a rear pocket; of the eleven maps two (2) are folding. The contents calls for ten maps, there is a folding color map of Delhi facing page 16 that is additional. . embossed burgundy cloth, gilt with a gilt peacock at the foot of the spine. A scarce piece. It discusses the area of course but also treats the military aspect of the Siege, with lists of killed and wounded and a full account. Copac locates only five copies and two modern reprints. Fanshawe presents an excellent account of the history and architecture of Delhi. It will afford to readers and visitors not only a clear guide to all that is seen in Delhi but also an intelligent record of the history of the place in all its various phases. The text supplemented by excellent and rare photographs and maps providing a visual expression to the cultural spectrum of Delhi and pleads for its long term conservation. Rare in first edition.
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