Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 121 132 Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal Edward Tuite Dalton Illustrated with lithograph portraits copied from photographs Printed for the Government of Bengal, under the direction of the Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta: Ofce of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1872 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Group of Oraons, Chutia, Nagpore’. 13.5 x 10.5 in (35.0 x 27.0 cm) 426pp / 40 sepia-toned plates and 2 b/w illustrations Binding: A ne association copy in Victorian cloth binding with the words ‘Bengal’ and ‘Dalton’ gilt-embossed on the spine Condition: Good INR 300,000 – 375,000 USD 6,750 – 8,450 The front endpaper has two old slips tipped in. One of them states in manuscript that ‘Only 100 copies were printed’. The other one is a typed slip reading: ‘In memory of Noel Williamson, Assistant Political Ofcer at Sadiya and of John Duncan Gregorson M.D. who were murdered by Minyong Abors on March 31st 1911’. 133 Buddha Gaya, The Hermitage of Sakya Muni Rajendralala Mitra Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press, 1878 First Edition 12.4 x 10.2 in (32.0 x 26.2 cm) Cover: Original green cloth with decorative border and title embossed in gold on the cover and spine 323pp / 12 original tipped-in autotype photographs, 38 lithographic plates and 1 photozincographed plate in blue ink Binding: Hardbound with bevelled edges Condition: Good. Contents page and Plate 15 are loose and slightly ragged along the edges. Plate 50 bound wrongly between Plates 19 & 20. Most of the lithographic plates are the work of the early Bengali engraver-lithographer Ananda Prasad Bagchi (1849-1905). INR 300,000 – 375,000 USD 6,750 – 8,450