About this Book
The extremely rare first edition (Printed for the India Office, by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1866) of a comprehensive account of textile manufacturers and people of India related to the trade of clothmaking and designing of the apparel industry.
This lovely copy is complete with 12 beautiful plates, of which 9 are mounted composite albumen prints (8 of them hand-coloured), 2 lithographed and one chromolithographed.
The handcoloring is stunning and the plates are virtually spotless sans one small ink library stamp on every plate (but not on the handcolored images).
Please note that this is an ex-library copy with library stamps and labels to front free endpaper and pastedown.
Condition – Very Good+ folio in 20th century roan-backed cloth withlight finger-soiling to title, creasing and tear to endpaper. Pages are internally clean and crisp.
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India
Publisher: Printed for the India Office, by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London
Publication Date: 1866
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First
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