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D'Oyly, Charles, Sir
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Indian Sports. [Patna:] Behar Amateur Lithographic Press, [1828] — No. 2: Indian Sports. [Patna:] Behar Amateur Lithographic Press, [1829]
- Paper, ink, leather
Together 2 works in one vol., oblong folio (11 x 14 in.; 277 x 356 mm). 2 mounted lithographed titles and 24 mounted lithographed plates after D'Oyly by the Behar Lithographic Press (1828 series: 12 plates; 1829 series: 12 plates), all on india paper mounted to gray paper album leaves; a few plates with small, light stains. Contemporary half black morocco over floral-patterned cloth, spine gilt and lettered ALBUM, front cover with red morocco rhomboid label gilt-lettered MAUD AND ALETHEA | 1839. Blue cloth folding-case.
Literature
Abbey, Travel 447; Schwerdt I:149
Catalogue Note
A FINE COPY OF D'OYLY'S BEST SPORTING WORKS, with (presumably) early Anglo-Indian provenance. All twenty-four plates called for by Schwerdt are present, although the plates from the two series are mixed together. The game depicted includes tiger, leopard, bear, rhinoceros, deer, hare, quail, and duck. In several plates, the big cats in particular seem to be getting the better of the hunters.