Bidspirit auction | Rousselet, Louis India and its

Rousselet, Louis India and its Native Princes - First edition of early plate book in beautiful binding. India and its Native Princes by Louis Rousselet Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal the First edition, 4to., pp 579, Half title, printed book, containing 317 illustrations and 6 maps 113 full page engravings, Deluxe binding in full straight-grain green morocco with extensive decorative tooling in gilt on covers and spine, spine in six compartments, title in gilt in second extensive foliate decoration in gilt on rest, gilt decoration on binding edges and inside cover, hand marble end-paper. Bicker & Sons, London, 1878. This beautifully illustrated book depicts and describes life in central India in the mid-to-late 1800s. Rousselet's album of photographs, which he took while traveling through India, sold for over $100,000 at Christie, photographs which were no doubt used for the many full-page engraved plates which adore this book. Size: 17 x 25 cm Good Condition. Provenance: Collection of a Lady For more and high-resolution images please visit our website at Indigo Art Auctions KW: India, Early printed book, Plate book, First edition, Bombay, Bengal Condition: Good Condition Dimensions: 25 x 17 cm