ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart (1779-1859). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul. London: A.Strahan for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown and J.Murray, 1815. 4° (297 x 227mm). 2 engraved maps, one folding, both hand-coloured in outline, 14 aquatint plates, 13 hand-coloured. (Occasional light spotting, margin of title somewhat soiled.) Original boards (rebacked, original paper title-label laid down). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 504. -- Thomas Duer BROUGHTON (1778-1835). The Costume, Character, Manners, Domestic Habits, and Religious Ceremonies of the Mahrattas. London: T.Davison for John Murray 1813. 4° (263 x 208mm). 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Occasional light soiling.) Contemporary dark brown calf, the covers with a wide decorative border in gilt and blind, large central irregularly-shaped light brown panels acid-etched with landscape views (a road leading up to a castle on the upper cover, a mill or gatehouse on the lower), (rebacked, extremities scuffed). Provenance : Charles Earle (armorial bookplate); Arthur Campbell Yate (armorial bookplate). Cf.Abbey Travel 433 (variant title); and 2 others by Pottinger and Orme. (4)
ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart (1779-1859). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul. London: A.Strahan for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown and J.Murray, 1815. 4° (297 x 227mm). 2 engraved maps, one folding, both hand-coloured in outline, 14 aquatint plates, 13 hand-coloured. (Occasional light spotting, margin of title somewhat soiled.) Original boards (rebacked, original paper title-label laid down). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 504. -- Thomas Duer BROUGHTON (1778-1835). The Costume, Character, Manners, Domestic Habits, and Religious Ceremonies of the Mahrattas. London: T.Davison for John Murray 1813. 4° (263 x 208mm). 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Occasional light soiling.) Contemporary dark brown calf, the covers with a wide decorative border in gilt and blind, large central irregularly-shaped light brown panels acid-etched with landscape views (a road leading up to a castle on the upper cover, a mill or gatehouse on the lower), (rebacked, extremities scuffed). Provenance : Charles Earle (armorial bookplate); Arthur Campbell Yate (armorial bookplate). Cf.Abbey Travel 433 (variant title); and 2 others by Pottinger and Orme. (4)
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