The History of The Imperial Assemblage at Delhi

James Talboys Wheeler, The History of The Imperial Assemblage at Delhi: Held on the 1st January 1877, to celebrate the Assumption of the Title of Empress of India by her Majesty the Queen. Including Historical Sketches of India and Her Princes Past and Present, London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, no date but 1877

xix; 248 pages; three coloured maps (one double-spread of the Durbar arena), portraits of 11 Indian Maharajahs, Queen Victoria and Viceroy Lord Lytton and 12 views of Delhi and of the Durbar; one double-spread chromolithograph by Hanhart, depicting the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi; and medallions. (24 of the 26 Woodbury type actual sepia photographs pasted on thick sheets are by Bourne & Shepherd of Calcutta); original navy-blue cloth binding with gilt armorial design and title on cover and on spine, bevelled edges, all edges gilt. Covers worn along edges, especially corners. Minor trace of water staining along the caption of the folding Imperial Assemblage chromolithograph. Else internally a fine copy with photographs crisp and sharp.
12 x 10.5 in (30.4 x 24.1 cm)

The portraits are of Maharaja Jung Bahadur of Nepal, Nizam of Hyderabad, Gaekwar of Baroda, Maharajas of Mysore, Gwalior, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jammu & Kashmir, the Begum of Bhopal and the Khan of Kalat. Besides, there is a stunning double-page chromolithograph of the Durbar arena, 5 other lithographs and other illustrations, all matching the list of contents.

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