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    LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES RAMUS FORREST (1750 - 1827)
    A PICTURESQUE TOUR ALONG THE RIVERS GANGES AND JUMNA IN INDIA, consisting of twenty-four highly finished and coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings made on the spot; with illustrations, historical and descriptive by Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest, late on the staff of His Majesty's service in Bengal, Published: London, R. Ackermann, July 1, 1824

    pp.192 (last page not numbered), the hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Sutherland and G Hunt after Forrest, original cloth binding in red, with title gilted in between floral pattern, gilting on the edges, rebacked

    Dimension: 16.3 x 12.8 in

    PROVENANCE
    Lot 78, Bloomsburys Auctions, 'Travel Books from the collection of Robert & Maria Travis', 2007
    Acquired from the above
    Important Private Collection, New Delhi
    Estimate:
    ₹11,00,000 – ₹14,00,000