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SLEEMAN, Lieutenant-Colonel W.H.
Rambles & Collections of an Indian Official.
Lt-Col William Sleeman (1788-1856) spent his entire career in India as an army officer and later as a magistrate and resident. He was best known for his fight to suppress the activities of 'thugs'; bands of criminals who attacked, robbed, and often murdered innocent travelers. By the time of the publication of this two-volume work in 1844, Sleeman had lived in India for more than thirty years. These 2 volumes depict plates of some of the spectacular buildings he visits.
- Published
- London: Hatchard & Son, 1844.
- References
- Abbey Travel II 466
- Plates
- 32
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Hatchard & Son, 1844.
- Ref
- 80
2 volumes. 32 coloured plates. 478 pp of text. 8vo, half calf over green boards. 32 chromolithographed plates EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with nine well-executed watercolour drawings of the Taj Mahal, the Moti Masjid, the Tomb of Itmad ud Daulah Diwan i Khas Fatehpur Sikri and other monuments, occasional light mainly marginal browning, original cloth covers bound in at the end of each volume. 20th-century spines with raised bands, morocco title labels, and gilt letters. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontispiece. The late Emperor of Delhi. 2-4. Plants assorted. 5-7. Ornaments assorted. Volume 2. 8. Frontispiece. Collection of 5 Indian Portraits. 9. Collection of 4 Tombs and Mausoleums. 10. The Taj Mahul or Tomb of Noor Mahul, wife of Shah Jehan. 11-12. The Taj Mahul. 13. Gateway of the Taj. 14. Marble Screen of the Tomb in the Taj. 15. The Taj, from the River. 16. Fort of Agra, from the River. 17. Motee Musjid. 18. Tomb of Emperor Akbar, at Secundra. 19. Interior of the Tomb of Akbar. 20. Gateway to Akbar's Tomb. 21. China Tomb at Agra, an old Mausoleum, now in ruins. 22. Tomb of Actmad Oddoulah. 23. [Caption cropped] 24. Gateway to the Tomb of Saint Saleem. 25-28. Pavilion on one side of the Garden of Deeg. 29. Tomb of Runjeet Sing at Goverdhun. 30. The Kootub Meenab at Delhi. 31. Tomb of Sufdeer Jung. 32. Dewan Khan's Palace at Delhi.
