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- India, Maps and Prints
[Srinagar] Kashmīr & Jammu. / 1:63.360. / Kashmir North (Bāramūla), Kashmir South (Anantnāg) / No. 43 J16.
- 550.00€
- Srinagar, Kashmir, India / Indian Urbanism / Calcutta Imprint An extremely rare map of Srinagar and environs, the capital of Kashmir and famed as one of the most beautiful places in the world, the map full of intriguing cultural details, published in Calcutta by the Survey of India. Colour heliozincograph (Very Good, clean and bright with attractive colours,…
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- Asia, India, India, Maps and Prints
AGRA, INDIA: Agra Guide Map.
- 400.00€
- A very rare ‘Restricted’ map of Agra made during World War II, when the city was feared to be a target of Japanese bombing, such that the dome of the Taj Majal was covered in camouflage, published in Dehra Dun by the Survey of India. Colour print (Good, some wear along old folds, some conspicuous toning to lower…
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- Asia, Central Asia, China, India, Maps and Prints, Middle East, New Acquisitions: October 2020, South-East Asia
ASIA – OTTOMAN SCHOOL ATLAS: آسيا [Asya]
- 320.00€
- 8°. 15-21 pp., facing pages marked with the same number, with colour lithographed plates, printed covers, stapled (light staining and foxing, otherwise in a good used condition).
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Bombay (Mumbai), India: Map of Bombay and Twenty Miles Around.
- 1,400.00€
- A rare, large format map depicting Greater Bombay just before World War I, when it was one of the busiest ports in the world and the ‘Gateway of India’, drafted by the office of the ‘Times of India’ and published in London by the venerable firm of Edward Stanford. Colour lithograph, mounted upon original linen, folding, contemporary hand-stamp…
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CALCUTTA – FIREFIGHTING: The Town and Suburbs of Calcutta (including Howrah) / Map Illustrating the Annual Report of the Calcutta Fire Brigade showing the Positions of Fires, Fire Stations etc. during the Year ended March 31st 1913.
- 1,600.00€
- An extremely rare, large format map of Calcutta, depicting the revolutionary fire prevention and control infrastructure devised by its new Fire Chief, Bernard Westbrook, giving the city one of the most advanced fire systems in Asia, saving untold lives and properties. Zincograph in colours by the Vandyke Process, mounted upon original linen and folding into original black cloth…
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- India, Maps and Prints
Early Automotive Map / Madras Imprint: Map of the Madras Presidency. Showing the Roads & Distances.
- 550.00€
- Very Rare – an attractive, large format work that represents one of the earliest automotive maps of the Madras Presidency (today’s Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh), showing roads fit for cars and gas stations, created from the best sources at the Madras Survey Office under the supervision of the Tamil cartographer, Rao Bahadur M. Raman Avargal. Heliozincograph…
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- India, Maps and Prints
INDIA – BOMBAY / POONA REGION, MAHARASHTRA: Bombay / Deccan States. / Poona & Bombay / Bombay City, Bombay Suburban, Kolāba, Poona, Ratnāgiri, Sātāra & Thāna Districts, Bhor & Janjīra States.
- 350.00€
- A very rare scientific survey of the crucial Bombay-Poona (Mumbai-Pune) corridor, issued by the Survey of India in Dehra Dun just after World War II and in the twilight days of the British Raj; showcasing a wealth of information on urban development in one of India’s fastest growing regions at critical historical juncture.
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- India, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: October 2020
INDIA – HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Municipal Survey Map.
- 2,000.00€
- Extremely rare – no other examples traced – the authoritative city plan of Hyderabad created in the twilight days of Mir Osman Ali Khan’s transformative rule when the city was one of India’s leaders in urban planning and industrial modernization, the result of over a generation of ultra-advanced, continuously updated surveys made under the direction of the…
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- India, Maps and Prints, New Acquisitions: December 2020
INDIA – SATARA DISTRICT MAHARASHTRA: Map of the Satara Territory, Shewing the Territories of the Jageerdars and that Lapsed to the British Government. Scale Six Miles to an Inch. Compiled in the Quarter Master General’s Office from Maps received from the Political Secretary to Government and other Sources in the Office.
- 650.00€
- A sophisticated topographical map, of charmingly crude ‘provincial’ printing style, of the strategically key district of Satara, in today’s southwestern Maharashtra, expressly made for the British colonial regime to depict the recent developments in local administration, but to also satisfy important military and infrastructure mandates; created by J.W. Windsor of the Quarter Master General’s Department (Bombay Army), and printed…
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