SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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ALLEN, Mrs [G.L.].
The Views and Flowers of Guzerat and Rajpootana.

Comprising 6 views and 7 floral illustrations mainly of the Gujarat region.

Published
London: Paul Jerrard and Son, [1860].
References
Theakstone p.2; Not in Nissen or Abbey.
Plates
13
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
London: Paul Jerrard and Son, [1860].
Ref
5063

Large octavo (10.5 x 7 inches), publisher's green cloth, lettered and tooled in gilt, coloured endpapers, all edges gilt. Boards rubbed and spine 'pulled.' Hinges weak. 12 hand-coloured lithographs - 6 botanicals and six views, lithograph floral frontispiece. Publisher's advertisement in gilt at the rear. Coloured plates in order: 1. Coloured Floral Frontispiece. 2. The Nukki Talao, or Nail Tank. 3. The Banhinia, or Mountain Ebony. 4. Sir Henry Lawrence's School. 5. The Karbee. Wild Flower. 6. Burial Ground, Aboo. 7. The Wild Elephant Creeper and Yellow Hibiscus. 8. Church & Schools [Aboo]. 9. The Jungle Tree, Torri, and Iron Tree. 10. The Tank at Sercaze. 11. The Jungle Tree, Seymal, and Wild Pomegranate. 12. The Shah Baugh, or Royal Garden. 13. The Ink Tree & the Stramonium.