Indian Princely States in the 19th century

The author, a French writer, traveller and a well known pioneer of photography, travelled to India in 1865. He learnt the art of photography while in Baroda and many of the plates in this volume are based on his photographs. Includes chapters on the life and times of Indian Princely States in the last quarter of the 19th century, with chapters on Bombay, Salsette, Konkan & Ghats, Deccan, Baroda, Gujarat, Country of Bheels, Udaipur, Mewar, Ajmer, Kishangarh, Jaipur, Ambar, Sambher, Alwar, Agra, Bharatpur, Fatehpur, Dholpur, Gwalior, Datia, Jhansi, Orchha, Chhaterpur, Panna, Rewa.

Second edition; large 4to (35 x 27 cm), 317 wood engraved illustrations including frontispiece,some full page, some in text, 6 coloured maps; contemporary half-navy morocco, extremities slighly rubbed, decorated boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, spine gilt decorated and lettered; a very good copy; 808 pp.