Watson (Dr. John Forbes) & Sir John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 albumen prints (?of 481) by Willoughby Wallace Hooper, James Waterhouse, H.C.McDonald, Shepherd & Robertson, Benjamin Simpson and others, all mounted on thick paper, mostly one to a page, vol.1-4 with mounted printed caption labels, the rest printed on mount, some light marginal soiling, unobtrusive library blind-stamp to all titles, a few leaves and plate mounts of vol.7 & 8, gutta percha perishing with text-block of some vol.broken (causing slight fraying to inner margin of one leaf in vol.3), with prospectus loosely inserted, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed and soiled, some splits to joints, vol.6 slightly nibbled at edge of upper board, a few minor repairs, new endpapers, [Gernsheim, Incunabula, 451], 4to, 1868-75.

⁂ Magnificent photographic survey of the peoples of India depicting different tribes, castes, religions, rulers, craftsmen, tradespeople, beggars etc. of all areas of India at the time. The list of plates in vol.6 calls for an additional plate 289-2 'Jubbul Khan' but this is not present; the set sold at auction in 2012 was also lacking one of the additional plates from this volume so it was possibly never included. Rare to find such a complete set.