[India - Uttar Pradesh]. - Lot 249

[India - Uttar Pradesh]. DODGSON, D(avid) S(cott), Lieut.-col. General views and special points of interest of the city of Lucknow. From drawings made on the spot. London, Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 1860. In-folio (57 x 37.5 cm). Publisher's ornate brown percale (some foxing). First edition. The work includes a lithographed title, 27 color lithographs on 11 plates, and a map of the city of Lucknow (in Uttar Pradesh), bound at the end of the volume. A dedication leaf to Lieutenant General Sir James Outram (member of the Supreme Council of India...) and 6 pp. of explanations of the plates accompany the work. Dodgson, of the Bengal Infantry, was General Henry Havelock's deputy at the siege of Lucknow (Cipaye Rebellion of 1857). The present set of lithographs offers panoramic views of the city, Claude Martin's villa, the Dilkusha Palace built by Sa'adat Ali Khan and the British residence, the Grand Imambara, Lucknow's architectural jewel... Calcutta bookshop label on first flyleaf. Abbey, Travel, 489.