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Mortimer Menpes - 'The Durbar'. Pictorial First Edition Book on Durbar The Durbar by Mortimer Menpes First Edition, 4to., pp 210, 100 chromolithograph plates & tissue guards all present, Text by Dorothy Menpes. A detailed record of the celebrations in Delhi for the coronation (in absentia) of Edward VII as King Emperor with the many ceremonial oufits beautifully illustrated. The first Durbar was held in 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as Empress of India. This is the second Durbar to proclaim Edward VII as king, in 1902 but was not attended by the King either. It was not until the 1911 Durbar when George V and Queen Mary went to India was the Emperor and his Empress proclaimed in person to the people of India. Our authors stayed in Camp Number One called The Millionaires Camp. in Delhi. The illustrations have been engraved and printed at the Menpes Press under Mr. Menpes direction. Original pictorial buckram, title in gilt on spine and front cover, Published by Adam & Charles Black, London, 1903. Size: 15.2 x 22 cm (6 x 8.7 inches) Excellent Condition Provenance: Keywords: India, Indian colonial, Early Printed Book, Indian history, Travel, Plate book