From the East Indies. Description of the superb model in ivory of the Táj Mahál, the tomb of Moomtaz i Zamanée, at Agra, now exhibiting at No. 5, Haymarket, opposite the Opera House.

Name: From the East Indies. Description of the superb model in ivory of the Táj Mahál, the tomb of Moomtaz i Zamanée, at Agra, now exhibiting at No. 5, Haymarket, opposite the Opera House.
Author: [India. Taj Mahal. Panorama.]

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First edition. 8vo. pp. 11 inc. half-title; double-page wood-engraved view of the “Tomb at Agra”; slight spotting to plate, else very good in period-style plain wrappers.

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This pamphlet offers a description of the Taj Mahal, with a brief history of its construction. The ivory model seems to have been exhibited by the Philanthropic Society, which also published this description; the Society was founded in 1788 to provide for homeless children.

Author [India. Taj Mahal. Panorama.]

Date 1823

Binding Later wrappers

Publisher London: printed by the Philanthropic Society

Condition See description

Pages pp. 11

Price: £650.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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From the East Indies. Description of the superb model in ivory of the Táj Mahál, the tomb of Moomtaz i Zamanée, at Agra, now exhibiting at No. 5, Haymarket, opposite the Opera House.

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From the East Indies. Description of the superb model in ivory of the Táj Mahál, the tomb of Moomtaz i Zamanée, at Agra, now exhibiting at No. 5, Haymarket, opposite the Opera House.

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