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TITLE: India and Its Native Princes
SUB TITLE: Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal
AUTHOR: Louis Rousllet
PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1876
NO.OF PAGES: xviii + 579 including 317 illustrations and 6 maps
BINDING: Original, attractive publishers ornamental red cloth cover (intricately blind, gilt embossed) front cover, all edges gilt
SIZE: 35.5 x 29.5 x 5.5 cm
The author, Louis-Theophile Marie Rousselet, was a French writer, photographer and traveller, known for pioneering darkroom photography. Rousselet was in India from 1864 to 1870, mainly travelling, hunting and spending time with Indian princes in their courts, but most of his timewas spent in central India. In this account, he narrateshis views on the different aspects of life in India. The book was originally published in French in 1875, with most, if not all, engraved illustrations from his own photographs. This edition, published in English, has been carefully revised and edited by Lieutenant Colonel Buckle, who also spent time in India.
The travelogue narrates the life and time of Indian Princely States in the last quarter of the 19 century. It includes 59 chapters on Bombay, Salsette, Konkan & Ghats, Deccan, baroda, Gujarat, Country of Bheels, Udaipur, Mewar, Ajmer, Kishangarh, Jaipur, Ambar, Sambher, Alwar, Agra, Bharatpur, Fatehpur, Dholpur, Gwalior, Datia, Jhansi, Orchha, Chhaterpur, Panna, Rewa, Baghelkhand, Govindgarh, Gondwana, Bhilsa, Sanchi, Bhopal, Malwa, Delhi, Kotur, Punjab, Himalayas, Awadh,
Kanpur, Banaras, Bihar, Bengal and Calcutta.
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