REED, STANLEY
THE ROYAL TOUR IN INDIA
A RECORD OF THE TOUR OF T.R.H. THE PRINCE OF AND PRINCESS OF WALES IN INDIA AND BURMA, FROM NOVEMBER 1905 TO MARCH 1906.First Edition
Year: 1906
Size: 31.7 x 24.6 cm (12.5 x 9.7 inches)
Published by Bennett, Coleman & Co., Times of India office, 1906., 4to., sketch route map, xxiv. 510pp, 3pp un-numbered Appendix B.
No. of Illustrations: 350 Half Tone Photographic Illustrations
Printed on specially made thick art paper, full page coloured portraits, with 350 half tone illustrations, bound in full gilt morocco with gilt edges, Photogravure portraits of Prince & Princess printed on card before the title page, numerous photo illustrations. A very well illustrated work entirely printed on fine quality glazed art paper.
The illustrations are taken from photographs by Raja Deen Dayal & Sons and by Bourne and Shepherd.
This important tour visited Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikanir, Lahore, Peshawar, The Khyber, Rawalpindi, Jammu, Amritsar, Delhi,Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Rangoon, Madras, Mysore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Benares, Aligarh, Quetta, Chaman & Karachi. As well as views of tour there are numerous architectural views and portraits of princes and rulers, officials, etc. A most useful work of record for Imperial India. The tour took place 30 years after the visit of the Prince's father (who was later Edward VII) in 1876. The Prince and Princess enjoyed their trip and were to visit India again for a Coronation tour in 1911 when the Prince became George V.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
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