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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of this richly illustrated account of George V's 1911 visit to entia, to take part in the Imperial Durbar in Delhi. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, two photogravures, forty-four collotypes, and numerous monochrome plates, alongside four plans, one of which is folding.Collated, complete.With the bookplate of Christopher J. E. Jarchow to the front pastedown.The Delhi Durbar or Imperial Durbar was a mass assembly organized bytheBritish at Coronation Park, Delhi,India,tomarkthesuccessionofan Emperor or EmpressofIndia. Also known astheImperialDurbar, it was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911, attheheightoftheBritish Empire.The1911 Durbar wasthe only one that a sovereign, George V, attended. It took pace in December 1911 to honour King George V and Queen Mary's coronation in Britain a few months prior, andto proclaim theirtitlesofEmperor and EmpressofIndia. AllIndian princely state kings and governors were calledtopay respect.This work in great detail depicts this display ofimperialpower duringthe British Raj, and includes detailed itineraries, speeches, and illustrations of this defining event of Colonial India. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Light spotting to perimeters of front board, with a touch of fading to centre of rear board. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. book.