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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: BUONO USATO. Da revisionare INGLESE Copia tratta dall'opera originale del 1813. Impressa da J.H. Clark and C. Dubourg, con prefazione e descrizioni curate da Thomas Williamson, accompagnato da "A brief History of Ancient and Modern India". Tavole nel testo a colori. Coperta rigida rossa con titoli al piatto color oro. in buone condizioni. Numero Pagine 1.…

20 hand coloured aquatint plates, 149pp + [x] Index (including the Half Title and List of Plates); contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered in compartments, marbled edges, 28.2 x 22 cm, the first plate a trifle spotted with a small chip from the bottom margin, slight age-toning and minor spotting, in very good condition. Scarce suite of finely hand coloured aquatints depicting domestic colonial life in British India: the Europeans at their leisure attended by Indian servants. Doyley's compositions are often quietly satirical: Plate IV "A Gentleman Dressing, Attended by His Head-Bearer and Other Servants" shows a young man in his gown relaxed, seated and reading while an Indian servant washes his feet, another in the background pours his drink and yet another makes his bed, all overseen by the "Head-Bearer". The artist Charles Doyley was illustrating and observing a world in which was an intimate participant, he had been born in India into a family that had long served in India, himself serving as a member of the Bengal Civil Service from 1797 to 1838. Abbey Travel 435; Tooley 185.…