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Coleman, F. W.

Typical Pictures of Indian Natives, Being Reproductions from Specially Prepared Hand-Coloured Photographs, with Descriptive Letterpress

1897

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Year of publication
1897
Place of printing
Bombay, London. The Times of India Office
Author
Coleman, F. W.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Asia India
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

small 4to [25.5 x 19 cm]; xii [ads], [ii, half-title], 50, xiii-xix [ads] pp, 24 colored plates including frontis, with tissue guards. original cloth with title in red & black in black border, lightly rubbed, margin of frontis a little frayed, inscription dated 1897 on endpaper, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The colored plates show costumes worn by natives of India, especially Bombay, including different religions and castes, snake charmer, merchant, etc. An interesting feature are the 21 pages of ads, some with illustrations, including jewelry, medicine, bicycles, shipping agents, art.