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A Brief Guide to The Rome of the Rock and Al-Harm Al-Sharif.
Published by the Supreme AWQAF Council. Price 220 Fils. Jerusalem 1954. The Industrial Islamic Orphanage Press, Jerusalem.
Small 8vo, printed wrappers; pp. (xii) + 96, half-tones from photographs throughout, stapled. Corner of back cover snipped (as admission ticket).
[Ref: 66538] £70.00
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A Brief Guide to The Rome of the Rock and Al-Harm Al-Sharif.
Published by the Supreme AWQAF Council. Price 220 Fils. Jerusalem 1954. The Industrial Islamic Orphanage Press, Jerusalem.
Small 8vo, printed wrappers; pp. (xii) + 96, half-tones from photographs throughout, stapled. Corner of back cover snipped (as admission ticket). Rust marks from staples.
[Ref: 66537] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Hyder-Ali, Commander in Chief of the Mahrattas.
F. Bonneville Del.t. J. Chapman Sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs, Sept.r 10, 1794.
Stipple. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, creased.
Oval portrait of Hyder Ali (c. 1720-82), de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India.
[Ref: 66140] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
[An elephant and rider.]
C.R.S.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Grey wash and fine watercolour on card. 165 x 165mm (6½ x 6½").
A turbaned man rides an elephant with rich accoutrements.
[Ref: 66471] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dedicated by Gracious Permission To Her Majesty the Queen, Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow. From Drawings Made During the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham, Lieutenant Madras Army. With Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. Late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude.
London, Published October 1.st 1858, by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Large folio, bound in original morocco gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. (xii)(dedication, preface, description of plates), 26 numbered tinted lithographs on 17 sheets (including title, lacking plate 9). Spotting and repairs to edges throughout.
A collection of illustrations of the meagre defences of Lucknow during the siege (30th May to 27th November, 1857), when European and loyal troops of the East India Army held out against rebel sepoys outnumbering them 3 to 1. Mecham was an officer of the 52nd Madras Native Infantry.
[Ref: 66534] £580.00
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Homme Persan. Dame Persanne.
[after Cornelis de Bruyn.]
[Paris, c.1718.]
Engraving. 295 x 365mm (11¾ x 13¼"). Damage at centre fold, several tears taped.
Full length portraits of a Persian man and woman, from 'Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Occidentales', a French edition of Cornelis de Bruyn's account of his travels to Russia and Persia (1701-5), first published in Dutch in 1711.
[Ref: 66228] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Quemoy] Insel und Fort Kinmen.
Lith Anst. v. L. Donath in Neusaber.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9").
A view of Kinmen (known in English as Quemoy), an island belonging to modern Taiwan, with junks and a pagoda.
[Ref: 66432] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Abdur Rahman Khan.]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Photogravure on chine collé. 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Faint crease.
An untitled full length portrait of Abdur Rahman Khan, copied from a photograph of him standing on a leopard skin. Known as 'The Iron Amir', he was helped to the throne of Afghanistan by the British in 1880, ruling until his death in 1901. During his rule, up to 100,000 people were judicially executed and the Hazara Shias were ethnically cleansed.
[Ref: 66310] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Work of the Red Crescent.
[n.d., c.1877.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed close to image on left.
A scene of the aftermath of a battle in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, with the Red Crescent tending to the the wounded. To the left an arm is being amputated without anaesthetic.
[Ref: 66461] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
West View of Seringapatam from the middle of the River.
Home del. Fittler direx.
[Published as the Act directs by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, S.W.Sharp, Madrass, Feb.y. 1794.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Trimmed into plate losing publication line.
View of Srirangapatna or Srirangapattana, a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. It gets its name from the Ranganthaswamy temple consecrated around 984 CE. Later, under the British rule, the city was renamed to Seringapatam.
[Ref: 66329] £80.00
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Distant View of Seringapatam from Meadows Redoubt.
Home del. Fittler direx.t.
[Published as the Act directs by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, S.W.Sharp, Madrass, Feb.y. 1794.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed into plate losing publication line.
View of Srirangapatna or Srirangapattana, a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. Under the British rule, the city was renamed to Seringapatam.
[Ref: 66330] £80.00
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North View of Seringapatam.
Home del. Fittler sculp.t.
[Published as the Act directs by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, S.W.Sharp, Madrass, Feb.y. 1794.]
Etching. Sheet 225 x 145mm (9 x 5¾"). Trimmed into plate losing publication line.
View of Srirangapatna or Srirangapattana, a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. Under the British rule, the city was renamed to Seringapatam.
[Ref: 66336] £80.00
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N.N.E. View of Seringapatam from Capt.Sibbald's Redoubt.
Home del. Fittler sculp.
[Published as the Act directs by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, S.W.Sharp, Madrass, Feb.y. 1794.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed into plate losing publication line.
View of Srirangapatna or Srirangapattana, a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. Under the British rule, the city was renamed to Seringapatam.
[Ref: 66328] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
East View of Seringapatam.
Home del. Fittler direx.
[Published as the Act directs by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, S.W.Sharp, Madrass, Feb.y. 1794.]
Etching. Sheet 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Trimmed into plate losing publication line.
East view of Srirangapatna or Srirangapattana, a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. It gets its name from the Ranganthaswamy temple consecrated around 984 CE. Later, under the British rule, the city was renamed to Seringapatam.
[Ref: 66327] £80.00
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View of Shevagunga from the road to Seringapatam.
Home del.t. Byrne sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, S.W.Sharp, Madrass, Feb.y. 1794.
Etching. Sheet 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed into plate. Crease in upper right corner.
View of Shevagunga, a hill fortress in Karnataka, India.
[Ref: 66332] £80.00
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View of Shevagunga from the road to Seringapatam.
Home del.t. Byrne sculp.t.
[Published as the Act directs by R.Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, S.W.Sharp, Madrass, Feb.y. 1794.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed into plate losing publication line.
View of Shevagunga, a hill fortress in Karnataka, India.
[Ref: 66334] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
[Tipu Sultan] Tippoo Sultaun. European Magazine.
Engraved by W. Ridley.
Pub. by J. Sewell 32, Cornhill July 1. 1800.
Stipple. 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate, slight soiling.
Tipu (1749-99), last sultan of Mysore (1782-99).
[Ref: 66139] £75.00
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Tom Raw forwarded to Head Quarters.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"). Edges chipped and stained, top left corner patched.
Tom Raw snoozes in a cabin on a river boat, suffering from the heat of India. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 1.
[Ref: 66578] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Crossing the Line.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), watermarked 1826. Printer's crease in left margin.
Tom Raw suffers an initiation ceremony on his first crossing of the equator, with one crewman dressed as Neptune, with a trident. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 2.
[Ref: 66579] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw at the Cape of Good Hope.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw attends a social gathering on the way to the East. A negro servant serves drinks. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 3.
[Ref: 66580] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Presents Letters of Introduction.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw arrives in India and reports for work. His new employer sits at a writing table surrounded by servants and scribes. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 4.
[Ref: 66581] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Between Smoke & Fire.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw is introduced to smoking a hookah at a gathering of a mixture of soldiers, civilians and wives, attended by Indian servants. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 5.
[Ref: 66582] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Treats Lucy to a Ride.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw and Lucy ride in a carriage by a harbour, two pelicans flying above. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 6.
[Ref: 66583] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Rather Awkward at the Dance.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw dances self-consiously in his East India Company uniform. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 7.
[Ref: 66585] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Sits for his Portrait.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw in the artist' studio, dressed in his East India Company uniform. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 8.
[Ref: 66586] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw's Misfortune at the Ball.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), watermarked 1826.
Tom Raw, in his East India Company uniform, prods a woman's leg with his scabbard. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 9.
[Ref: 66587] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Mistakes a French Milliner for a Hindoo Goddess.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), watermarked 1826.
Tom Raw recoils in horror at the approach of a woman in a turban A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 10.
[Ref: 66588] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw at a Hindoo Entertainment.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), watermarked 1826.
Tom Raw and another officer watch Hindu musicans and dancing girls. Behind is a frieze with a six-armed god, probably Shiva. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 11.
[Ref: 66589] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Rejects the Embraces of the Nabob of Bengal.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
In a palace Tom Raw pokes an court official with his scabbard while attempting to escape the Nabob's clutches. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 12.
[Ref: 66590] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Brought Face to Face with the Enemy
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
On a boar hunt Tom Raw is thrown from his horse and lands in the path of a charging boar. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 13.
[Ref: 66591] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Mounts an Elephant for the First Time.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
After a a boar hunt Tom Raw clings on as the mahout makes the elephant stand up. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 14.
[Ref: 66592] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Tom Raw] The Royal Hindoo Hunt.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Leopard hunting on elephants. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 15.
[Ref: 66593] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Tom Raw] The Ferocity of the Tiger.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10"), on paper watermarked '1826'.
An Indian on an elephant aims his gun at a leopard (not a tiger) leaps down from a tree towards his howdah. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 16.
[Ref: 66594] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw in Danger.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
A wounded tiger attacks Tom Raw in a howdah on an elephant. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 17.
[Ref: 66595] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Carried Up the Country.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw breaks through the bottom of a palanquin, his luggage on the roof. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 18.
[Ref: 66596] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Gains the Victory.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw proposed to the daughter of his colonel and is accepted. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 20.
[Ref: 66597] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw in the Midst of Difficulties.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw, now with three children, is visited by an Indian looking to be paid, to the consternation of his wife. To the left stands a sepoy; two ayahs look after his children; and a cockatoo is chained to a perch. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 21.
[Ref: 66598] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw on Short Commons.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw sits at a camp table, head in hands, berated by his wife for his financial difficulties. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 22.
[Ref: 66599] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Disappointed at Hearing the Will Read.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw had hopes of a way out of his financial difficulties. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 23.
[Ref: 66600] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Wounded.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Tom Raw lies on a battlefield before a fort, a ball in his leg. Behind the battle continues. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 24.
[Ref: 66601] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Tom Raw Obtains a Staff Appointment.
[Sir Charles D'Oyly.]
Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand, London [n.d., 1828].
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 155 x 255mm (6 x 10").
Having lost his leg, Tom Raw's new post gives him and his family financial security. A plate from ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem... descriptive of The Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India''. Abbey Travel 450, 25.
[Ref: 66602] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
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