Item #12748 India and Its Inhabitants. Caleb Wright.

India and Its Inhabitants

Cincinnati: J.A. Brainerd, 1854.

Hardcover. Fair. Twenty-second thousand. 304 pp, illustrated with many engravings. Original blind-stamped cloth boards. Spine slanted, horizontal tear in spine cloth, corners worn through, cloth chipped at head of spine. Rear hinge cracked. First and last few pages foxed, text otherwise clean and unmarked. Text based on a serious of lectures on the "manners and customs" of India the author gave after a period of travel in the country. Illustrations show female costume, wildlife, landscape, religious ceremony, festivals, etc.

Item #12748

Price: $30.00

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