India Illustrated

Linney Gilbert, India Illustrated. An Historical and Descriptive Account of that Important and Interesting Country, London: published by the proprietor, Circa 1856s

vii, (1), 232p., engraved title vignette & 22 steel engraved plate illustrations by William Daniell; all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, decorated spine showing a shikari on elephant back hunting a tiger, rebacked with some loss
9.7 x 6.7 in (24.6 x 17 cm)

An early travelogue of India in the latter days of the rule of the East India Company. Gilbert provides a view intended for a British audience of "India as it is" its people, customs, natural history, and geography. Splendidly illustrated by noted English watercolourist, William Daniel who had travelled extensively in India from 1786 to 1794 and whose works influenced greatly the British popular conception of the Indian subcontinent.

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