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Deatiled travel account of Soltykoff’s travels through India, lithos include of Lucknow, Calcutta, Kandy, Madras, Ganges, Simla, Himalaya, Delhi , Gwalior and Punjab. He traveled extensively to the Kingdom of Lahore as a guest of the Sikh ruler Maharajah Sher Singh, and the volume contains four well known lithographs of the Punjab, including Sikh Akalis entering Lahore and Maharajah Sher Singh riding on an elephant. Prince Aleksei Dmitrievich Soltykoff aka Saltykov (1806¿59) was a Russian artist and traveller in Persia and India. He was the grandson of Prince Nikolay Saltykov. In 1840 Alexis retired and moved to Paris where he planned his voyages to India. He ended up making two voyages there (1841¿43 and 1844¿46), and achieving the sobriquet ‘The Indian’ from the Russian and French aristocracy. In 1849 he published a selection of his letters in French accompanied by his drawings, which became very well known in Europe “Lettres sur L¿Inde”. Paris,1848).[2] In 1851 the book was translated into Russian and became an instant success: it truly enraptured the Russian reading public.
(27.5 x 20cm). 36 tinted lithographed plates after Soltykoff, one lithographed map, wood-engraved frontispiece and endpiece.
Binding: Contemporary morocco gilt with 5 raised bands.
Condition: Corners rubbed with re-backed spine for sturdiness. Sporadic foxing on a few pages. An excellent firm copy.
Exportable: No
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