INDIA IN WORD AND IMAGE: RARE BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS (6 OCTOBER 2026)

 India in Word and Image brings together books, maps, prints, photographs and manuscripts tracing more than four centuries of engagement with the subcontinent. Highlights include Raja Rammohun Roy’s 1831 London note, James Rennell’s monumental survey of Bengal and Bihar, Captain George Atkinson’s illustrated record of the 1857–58 campaign, and an important album of 68 photographs of Calcutta, Bengal and Darjeeling by Samuel Bourne, Thomas Alfred Rust and others. Early maps by Ortelius, Mercator and Weigel appear alongside works connected with the Daniells, Tagore, Gandhi, Ambedkar, Chughtai and Souza. Encompassing travel, architecture, natural history, literature, art and nationhood, the auction presents a layered archive of India as it was mapped, described, pictured and remembered.

Sales touched a total of Rs 74,61,601(US $78,543)  Read more..
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