Calcutta Curiosities.

£450 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Charming Thanker, Spink Co. production of the drawings of George Darby of Calcutta, including his distinctive depiction of the city's crows and shop fronts. Scarce, having never appeared at auction, and only two copies in UK institutions (BL first imp, Oxford second imp). First edition, second impression; landscape 4to (22 x 28 cm); 10 leaves of illustrations and caricatures, contemporary ownership inscription dated 1913 to title, publisher's original pictorial wrappers, original silk tie, spine defective but binding sound, a very good copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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