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Views of the Neilgherries, Blue Mountains of Coimbetoor, Southern India. Dedicated to the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East India Company by their obliged and humble Servant The Author.
Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Capt.n E.A. McCurdy, 27th Regi. M.N.I. Engelman, Fraf & Coindet, Lithog.
Published by Smith, Elder & Co, 65 Cornhill [1831].
Oblong large folio, original half calf with marbled back board, lacking front board; title, pp (ii), lithographic title with vignette and four plates with large margins, all on chine collé, as called for. Scarce complete. Some spotting. Plate II & III very slight worming top left.
A very rare set of views of the Nilgiri Mountains, part of the Western Ghats in western Tamil Nadu. Because of the temperate weather and the spectacular scenery, the Nilgiri became a popular sanctuary for escaping the summer heat for the Raj British. The two pages of text contain an introduction and descriptions of the plates. A review in 'The Asiatic Journal', Volume 4 (1831), dates the publication to 1831, describing it as 'the first attempt to exhibit the grand mountain scenery of the Neilgherries to the eye of residents in Europe'.
Abbey Travel 456.
[Ref: 51616] £1,800.00 view all images for this item
Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Capt.n E.A. McCurdy, 27th Regi. M.N.I. Engelman, Fraf & Coindet, Lithog.
Published by Smith, Elder & Co, 65 Cornhill [1831].
Oblong large folio, original half calf with marbled back board, lacking front board; title, pp (ii), lithographic title with vignette and four plates with large margins, all on chine collé, as called for. Scarce complete. Some spotting. Plate II & III very slight worming top left.
A very rare set of views of the Nilgiri Mountains, part of the Western Ghats in western Tamil Nadu. Because of the temperate weather and the spectacular scenery, the Nilgiri became a popular sanctuary for escaping the summer heat for the Raj British. The two pages of text contain an introduction and descriptions of the plates. A review in 'The Asiatic Journal', Volume 4 (1831), dates the publication to 1831, describing it as 'the first attempt to exhibit the grand mountain scenery of the Neilgherries to the eye of residents in Europe'.
Abbey Travel 456.
[Ref: 51616] £1,800.00 view all images for this item