Lot 339 , Wheeler, J. Talboys - The History of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, held on the 1st January, 1877, to celebrate the assumption of the title of Empress of India by Her Majesty the Queen. Including historical sketches o

Wheeler, J. Talboys - The History of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, held on the 1st January, 1877, to celebrate the assumption of the title of Empress of India by Her Majesty the Queen. Including historical sketches of India and her princes past and present. D-page chromolithograph of the Imperial Assemblage, 2 mounted photo portraits of the Queen Empress & Lord Lytton (the Viceroy), 11 photo portraits of native princes, 13 other mounted photo plates, a d-page coloured map with 3 other maps & plans, & 2 other plates; text printed with red ruled borders; publisher's gilt pictorial and decorated cloth, 4to. 1877
£400-600

Condition:
Some upper board discolouration, spine wear at head/tail, inner hinges cracked, soiling on e/ps. and plt. guards (also some offset), but text and plts. generally clean, creasing on some plt. fore-edge borders (on some captions but clear of plt. surfaces), front free e/p. loose. xix, 242pp. (incl. half title) and pp. (243)-48 advert for the author's 4 vol. History of India; near contemp. presentation label on front pastedown (shooting prize to Pte. Butters, 24th Mddx. Rifle Volunteers). Other plts. incl. 12 of Delhi buildings etc. (mounted photos.), 2 maps (1d-page coloured) and 2 plates (I pictorial). illus shoulkd read portraits of Queen Victoria and the Viceroy, 11 ports native princes, 13 others (buildings, etc.), d-page map and 3 other maps and plans, d-page Assemblage plate and two others, i.e. 33 plates, as listed; 1 plate loose

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