Vues pittoresques de l'Inde, de la Chine, et des bords de la mer Rouge [...], sur les esquisses originales du commodore Robert Elliot [...]. Traduit par J. F. Gérard, M.A.

2 parts in one vol., 4to: front.-engr. title-68, front.-64 pp.; 61 pl. (foxing, some on engr.).

Contemp. three-quarter sheep, marbled paper covers, blind- and gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (sl. rubbed).

First French translation of "Views in India, China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea" (1835). Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, 2 engr. titles (one with portrait of Kashiprasad Ghosh, Bengali poet and the editor of the "Hindu Intelligencer") and 61 steel-engravings after original sketches by the commander R. Elliott. They depict mainly views of India: Shuhur Fortress at Jaipur, Aurungzebe's Mosque at Benares, the Taj Mahal, the Water Palace at Mandu, ruins of Old Delhi, Jahara Baud at Agra, the "Jahara Baug" (or the Aram Bagh) at Agra (i.e. oldest Mughal Garden in India), Dus Awtar - caves of Ellora, etc.; but also Macao, Tiger Island (Canton River), a Chinese pagoda between Canton and Whampoa, Thubare, etc. Elliott (1801-1875) travelled in India, Canton and the Red Sea, from 1822 to 1824. Descriptive text by the English poet and travel writer Emma Roberts (c. 1794-1840) who lived for many years in India and is known for her memoirs about the country.