Lot 184
India.- Richardson (David Lester, editor) The Bengal Annual. A Literary Keepsake for M.DCCCXXX, Calcutta, rare first volume of this Calcutta published periodical, Samuel Smith and Co., Hare Street, 1830.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
India.- Richardson (David Lester, editor) The Bengal Annual. A Literary Keepsake for M.DCCCXXX, engraved additional pictorial title and 6 plates, all on India paper, p.214 with an 1865 pencil ownership inscription at head, pagination of pp.345-346 (1 leaf) neatly excised, leaving a small hole, spotting and staining, lightly browned, original black morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, spine ends and corners worn, soiled and rubbed, 8vo, Calcutta, Samuel Smith and Co., Hare Street, 1830.
⁂ Rare first volume of this Calcutta published periodical. Richardson (1801-1865) was an officer of the East India Company, writer, poet, editor, and professor of English at Hindu College, where he inspired pioneering Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
Description
India.- Richardson (David Lester, editor) The Bengal Annual. A Literary Keepsake for M.DCCCXXX, engraved additional pictorial title and 6 plates, all on India paper, p.214 with an 1865 pencil ownership inscription at head, pagination of pp.345-346 (1 leaf) neatly excised, leaving a small hole, spotting and staining, lightly browned, original black morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, spine ends and corners worn, soiled and rubbed, 8vo, Calcutta, Samuel Smith and Co., Hare Street, 1830.
⁂ Rare first volume of this Calcutta published periodical. Richardson (1801-1865) was an officer of the East India Company, writer, poet, editor, and professor of English at Hindu College, where he inspired pioneering Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt.