THOMAS, George Powell (d. 1857). Views of Simla. London: Dickinson & Co., [1846].

THOMAS, George Powell (d. 1857). Views of Simla. London: Dickinson & Co., [1846].

First edition, hand-colored. Twenty-four lithographed views of the summer capital of the British Raj. Captain George Powell Thomas was in the 64th Regiment Bengal Infantry, and known as a poet and artist. This series of views was certainly a private commission from Dickinson & Co. Abbey, Travel 470.

Folio (539 x 365mm). Additional hand-colored lithographic title, 23 hand-colored plates after Thomas and one map, with accompanying letterpress text (occasional light soiling; plate 12, Fancy Fair at Annandale, chipped, frayed and soiled at margins with loss to caption; plate 15, On the Road to the Chor, with chipped fore-edge margin repaired to verso; three other plates with minor marginal tears with repairs to versos; a handful of other plates slightly smaller; typographic title lightly creased with short tear). Later cloth, preserving contemporary gilt leather labels to upper cover and spine (extremities lightly rubbed, hinges repaired).

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION