Lot 52

India - Arrowsmith, Aaron

£6,000

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography

Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT

Description

To Mark Wood Esq. M.P., Colonel of the Army in India, Late Chief Engineer and Surveyer General, of Bengal, This Map of India Compiled from various Interesting and Valuable Materials is inscribed in tasteful testimony of his Liberal Communications. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1804. First edition, very large folding map of India, joined as 3 sheets, hand-coloured, each joined sheet 163 x 66cm. [total map size 163 x 197cm.], two short marginal tears

Footnote

Note: One of the rarest, largest and most beautiful maps of India produced in the 19th century. It was originally published in six sheets, and is now joined as three sheets. It shows British controlled areas at the turn of 18th century, and is enriched by much new material, supplied by the numerous "route surveys" carried out by the army. Very rare: only 3 copies found on WorldCat: British Library, Harvard and Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire; only 2 copies traced at auction since 1979.