Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 118 127 i. Travels in India During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783 William Hodges London: William Hodges, 1794 Second Edition 12.0 x 9.6 in (30.6 x24.5 cm) Cover: Original naked boards 170pp / 14 copperplate engravings and 1 folded map Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Fragile. Boards detached from the spine. ii. Tom Raw, The Grifn A Burlesque Poem, in Twelve Canots Illustrated with Twenty-ve Engravings Descriptive of a Cadet in the East India Company’s Service By a Civilian and Ofcer of the Bengal Establishment Illustrations by Sir Charles D’Oyly London: R. Ackermann, 1828 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Tom Raw Forwarded to Head Quarters’ 9.5 x 6.0 in (24. x 15.4 cm) Cover: Rebound in exceptionally ne style in full leather, raised bands and gilt ornamentation on spine 350pp/ 25 col hand-coloured engravings Binding: Hardbound (rebound) Condition: Good INR 200,000 – 250,000 USD 4,500 – 5,650 (Set of 2) 128 A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, From the Year MDCCXLV (to which is Prexed a Dissertation on the Establishments made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan) Robert Orme Two Volumes London: F. Wingrave, 1803 Fourth Edition, revised by the author 10.8 x 8.5 in (27.5 x 22.0 cm) Cover: Marbled cloth with leather quarter binding. Gilt embossed spine reads ‘Orme’s Indostan’. Volume I: 484 pp/ 8 b/w metal engraved folded maps and 2 b/w plans Volume II: Section 1- 381 pp/ 11 b/w metal engraved folded maps and 2 b/w engraved plans Volume II: Section 2- 390 pp/ 9 b/w metal engraved folded maps and 4 b/w engraved plans Binding: Hardbound (rebound) Condition: Good. INR 300,000 – 375,000 USD 6,750 – 8,450 129 The Hindu Pantheon Edward Moore London: J. Johnson, 1810 12.0 x 9.6 in (30.5 x24.7 cm) Cover: Rust leather and cloth with title embossed in gold on the spine 483pp/ 80 hand painted and 345 b/w illustrations (Plate 98 titled ‘The Crucixion in Space’ provided in photocopy and neatly bound. This was removed from many copies as being controversial and was not included when the plates in this book were reprinted in Madras in 1861.) Binding: Quarter-bound in leather Condition: Good. Back cover detached. INR 100,000 – 125,000 USD 2,250 – 2,800 Lots 127 to 158 From the Library of a Gentleman