YOUNG, Keith (1806–1862)
Delhi—1857
Publisher: W. & R. Chambers, Limited.
Place: London and Edinburgh
Year: 1902
Edition: First edition.
₹72,000
First edition of this important eyewitness account of the Siege of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, compiled from the contemporary diary and correspondence of Colonel Keith Young, Judge-Advocate General of the Bengal Army.
Young was present with the British forces during the Delhi campaign and recorded the events unfolding around him in his diary and in letters to his wife. His narrative follows the outbreak of the uprising, the movement of British forces towards Delhi, life in the besieging camp, military operations on the Ridge, and the eventual assault and capture of the city. The volume therefore preserves a detailed contemporary British military perspective on one of the central episodes of the 1857 uprising.
The papers were edited after Young’s death by his wife together with General Sir Henry Wylie Norman, who had himself served during the campaign and contributed both a memoir of Young and an introduction to the volume. Young served in the Bengal Army from 1823 until his death in 1862 and held the office of Judge Advocate General during the period of the uprising.
The work is extensively illustrated with portraits, contemporary views, photographs of Delhi and other Indian subjects, facsimiles of sketches, and campaign material, accompanied by two folding maps. Among the illustrations are views of the Taj Mahal, Chandni Chowk and the Diwan-i-Khas at Delhi, as well as reproductions of contemporary military sketches.
Collation: 8vo. xxv, 371 pp. Complete with all plates and maps as issued.
Description: Complete with 28 plates and 2 folding maps, including a portrait frontispiece of Colonel Keith Young. The illustrative programme includes 4 photogravures by Annan of Glasgow and 23 collotype illustrations by Frith of Gloucester, together with the frontispiece, comprising portraits, architectural and topographical views, and facsimiles of contemporary sketches. The two folding maps accompany the narrative of the Delhi campaign.
Binding: Publisher’s original dark cloth, the upper board decorated with a large silver- and gilt-stamped representation of the Indian Mutiny Medal with “Delhi” and “Lucknow” clasps; original gilt-lettered spine panel. The spine and joints appear to have been strengthened or repaired with later blue cloth, with the original spine panel retained.
Condition: Binding worn, with substantial rubbing, fading, scuffing and surface marking to the cloth; corners and board edges bumped and frayed. Spine strengthened or repaired in blue cloth with the original gilt-lettered spine panel retained; original spine cloth rubbed and faded. Silver and gilt stamped medal device to the upper board remains clearly visible. Internally generally sound, with age-toning and scattered foxing and spotting, more noticeable to some plates and margins. Several leaves show edge wear, short marginal tears, and occasional creasing, with some leaves roughly opened or chipped at the fore-edge. Plates remain generally well defined. Complete with all 28 plates and 2 folding maps as issued.
This item is non-exportable.
Free Shipping for all orders within India.
Delhi—1857 by Keith Young is available to view at our store.
Related products
James Rattray
Costumes and scenery of Afghaunistan
Price on Request
Louis-Mathieu LANGLÈS
Monuments Anciens Et Modernes De L' Hindoustan
Price on Request
