(Lieut. William) Sketches in Scinde, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Mrs Robert Cornish with undated inscription mounted on front pastedown, lithographed title with hand-coloured equestrian portrait of Lieut-Gen. Sir Charles Napier and 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Charles Haghe after Edwards, including several of the Fort at Hyderabad, some heightened with gum arabic, all mounted on thin card, with the letterpress list of plates printed in blue but without the dedication and plan, title spotted, some other spotting but mostly to mounts, loose in original morocco-backed pictorial cloth portfolio with ties, trophy and title in gilt on upper board, small sticker "Mrs Cornish's estate" at foot, rubbed and faded, flaps of portoflio renewed, one or two other repairs, [Abbey, Travel 469; Tooley 193], folio, 1846. *** The deluxe edition with plates hand-coloured and mounted on card. Edwards was serving as a lieutenant in the 86th or Royal County Down Regiment; Sir Charles Napier was Governor of Sindh and Balochistan. Mrs Robert Cornish, ?mother of William Robert Cornish (1828-96), physician who served in India and became Surgeon-General of the Madras Presidency, an advocate of improved hygiene and famine relief.
(Lieut. William) Sketches in Scinde, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Mrs Robert Cornish with undated inscription mounted on front pastedown, lithographed title with hand-coloured equestrian portrait of Lieut-Gen. Sir Charles Napier and 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Charles Haghe after Edwards, including several of the Fort at Hyderabad, some heightened with gum arabic, all mounted on thin card, with the letterpress list of plates printed in blue but without the dedication and plan, title spotted, some other spotting but mostly to mounts, loose in original morocco-backed pictorial cloth portfolio with ties, trophy and title in gilt on upper board, small sticker "Mrs Cornish's estate" at foot, rubbed and faded, flaps of portoflio renewed, one or two other repairs, [Abbey, Travel 469; Tooley 193], folio, 1846. *** The deluxe edition with plates hand-coloured and mounted on card. Edwards was serving as a lieutenant in the 86th or Royal County Down Regiment; Sir Charles Napier was Governor of Sindh and Balochistan. Mrs Robert Cornish, ?mother of William Robert Cornish (1828-96), physician who served in India and became Surgeon-General of the Madras Presidency, an advocate of improved hygiene and famine relief.
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