Rare Books Maps & Stamps
27th - 28th Feb, 2020
Winning Bid
Each plate has a description on the page preceding it along with the title. Brown leather cover with black ground in the center on which the title and author name are embossed in gold. The spine has the author name and book title embossed in gold on a black ground. Captain Philip Meadows Taylor spent most of his life in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad and acquired proficient knowledge of the languages and people of South India, which is reflected in this book.
This lot is over one hundred years old or National Art Treasure, cannot be exported out of India as per Antiques and Art Treasures Act, 1972.