India.- Eden (Emily) Portraits of the Princes & People of India, first edition, tinted lithographed title with vignette and 24 tinted lithographed plates by Lowes Dickinson after Emily Eden printed by C. Hullmandel, list of plates, plate-guards, some foxing, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt, chip to foot of spine, corners bumped, extremities rubbed, [Not in Abbey], folio, J.Dickinson & Son, 1844.

⁂ First edition of Eden's celebrated series of portraits, taken during a tour through the Upper Provinces of India, accompanying her brother George, Lord Aukland, who would serve as Governor-General from 1835-1842. Eden was particularly taken with the splendour of the courts of the Indian princes, including Maharaja Sher-Singh, King of the Punjab and the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, The Raja of Nahun but also depicted servants, religious devotees and other figures from the country.