LINDE DES RAJAHS

PUBLISHER NAME– PARIS:LIBRAIRIE HACHETTE

The book is on the original red cloth hardcover binding with richly decorative in gilt .All edges gilt & in excellent condition.

Beautiful book on India illustrated with 1 map of India, 1 inset map of Bombay and 4 maps in colours apart from 317 woodcuts in and out text, faithfully drawn by artists of the time after the author’s photographs. Louis Rousselet (1845-1929), geographer, French archaeologist and photographer, made several journeys as ethnological and archaeological, which he drew an important documentary work on India from 1864 to 1870.

In 1864, at the young age of 19, Louis Rousselet arrived in India seeking to study the architecture and ancient ruins of the sub-continent. In 1866, after visiting the ruins at Dabhoi, Rousselet realized that his pencil sketches could never do justice in conveying the beauty of the elaborate architecture and carving. He would later write, “It was on seeing these generally unknown masterpieces at Dubbhoee that I regretted I had not the power of reproducing them by photography, and felt that it would be impossible to continue my explorations profitably without the assistance of that art. As soon, therefore, as I returned to Baroda, I applied myself seriously to learn photography; and with that view I procured from Bombay all the necessary apparatus”.

YEAR- 1877

 SIZE-13.5×10.5 in.

EXPORTABLE- No

 CODE NO- BK57

 (Plastic added for protection which is removable)