GRINDLAY (ROBERT MELVILLE) Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of In...

GRINDLAY (ROBERT MELVILLE) Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India, FIRST EDITION, third issue, hand-coloured engraved vignette on title, 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Grindlay, Westall, Stanfield, Roberts, Daniell and others, all on thick paper, tissue guards, contemporary half morocco gilt, g.e., joints neatly repaired [Abbey Travel 442; Colas 1333; cf. Tooley 239], folio (495 x 310mm.), Smith, Elder, 1830 Footnotes: A FINE COPY. 'Next to Daniell the most attractive colour plate book on India. One of the few books in which the name of the colourist is mentioned. viz. J.B. Hogarth' (Tooley). The work was originally issued in six parts comprising six plates each, taken from a collection of sketches and drawings made by Grindlay while he was in the service of the East India Company. There are three issues: the first bound from parts, the second in two volumes without part-titles, and the present third issue, bound in one volume with a single title-page identifying Smith, Elder as the publishers. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing