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A CLAUDE CAMPBELL

GLIMPSES OF THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS


Estimate: Rs 1,50,000-Rs 2,00,000 ( $2,055-$2,740 )


Glimpses of the Nizam's Dominions


A Claude Campbell, Glimpses of the Nizam's Dominions: Being an exhaustive photographic history of the Hyderabad State, Deccan, India : With nearly 600 Superbly Reproduced Views of Peoples, Cities, Towers, Mosques, Cave Temples, Forts, Tombs, Ruins, Palaces, Public Buildings, and Natural Wonders, all of which have been specially taken for the purpose by high-class photographers : Published by special permission, and under the direct patronage of His Highness the Nizam's Government : With Descriptive Text, comprising Particulars of the Archaeology, History, Ethnology, Religions, Topography, Forestry, and Geology of the Country, to which are added Biographical Accounts and Portraits of the Nobility and other Prominent Residents in the territory of His Highness the Nizam, all of which have been prepared from material personally collected by A Claude Campbell, Bombay and London: C. B. Burrows, care of William Watson and Co., 1898

pp. 525; original brown leather-bound cover with gilded lettering stating the title on the cover and the spine
16 x 13 x 2 in (40.6 x 33 x 5 cm)

Illustrated with over 600 photographic illustrations of the Hyderabad state, Deccan, India, after original photographs by Deendayal. Title page and a few other pages repaired from blank margins, otherwise overall a good copy of this rare work.

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