sorabji-jehangir

Representative Men Of India, A collection of memoirs, with portraits, of Indian princes, nobles, statesmen, philanthropists, officials, and eminent citizens by Sorabji Jehangir, Chief Magistrate of Baroda, with an Introduction by Sir George C. M. Birdwood London: W. H. Allen & Co.,1889
38.5 x 29.5 cm (each portrait)

CONDITION
Original worn, but highly decorative and gilt embossed binding remains. However, the text pages are very brittle with occasional loss of text and the original fine Woodbury types have also occasionally suffered due to the brittleness of their mounts. Of the 44 Woodbury type portraits, each bearing the credit line of Vincent Brooke Day & Son, London - only 26 are present. These are in various states of damage and repair along margins but the images themselves in most cases remain unscathed. Most portraits relate to Bombay gentry, 8 of them being of Parsis.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian official By Lt-Col W. H. Sleeman, London: J Hatchard, 1844 Two Volumes: Volume 1- pp. xii, 478 + Chromolithographic frontispiece + 6 chromolithographic plates at the end , Volume 2- viii, 459 + Chromolithographic frontispiece + 24 chromolithographic plates in the text Bound with new cloth spines in both volumes with gilt titles, retaining original gilt-embossed ornate original boards. New endpapers. The chromolithographs are complete and match the list in Volume 2
25 x 17.5 cm