Graham (Maria) Journal of a Residence in India
£350
Edinburgh, for Archibald Constable and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.
First edition. 4to. Contemporary calf, gilt-roll borders and decorative blind-tooled border to boards, spine elaborately gilt-tooled compartments within raised bands.
Maria Graham (née Dundas; 1785-1842) later Maria, Lady Callcott, was a British writer of travel books and children’s books, and also an accomplished illustrator. She moved to India in 1808, marrying a Scottish naval officer in 1809. The couple returned to England in 1811, where Graham published this work, Journal of a Residence in India, followed soon afterwards by Letters on India.
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Light offsetting to title-page from frontispiece, minor spotting and marking; calf with some wear to spine ends, corners bumped, cracking to joints, but overall an attractive copy.
Hand coloured frontispiece, 16 engraved plates (including the Castle and the Parade in Cape Town), 2 folding.
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