The Imperial Gazetteer of India.
Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1907, 1908, 1909, 1931. Stock ID #223716 A magisterial survey of Empire. This "New" edition issued in twenty-six volumes by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, constitutes the definitive third iteration of this landmark administrative and geographical record. Produced under the editorial guidance of Sir Herbert Hope Risley and James Sutherland Cotton, the work expanded upon the foundational work of Sir William Wilson Hunter. The first four volumes "The Indian Empire," offer an exhaustive analysis of the subcontinent’s historical, economic, and administrative frameworks. The twenty succeeding volumes of alphabetical entries, offering close statistical and descriptive accounts of specific regions and localities. The collection is formally concluded by a comprehensive index and a concluding atlas volume, the latter featuring maps by J. G. Bartholomew. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223716.
26 volumes including the Index and Atlas, frontispiece map of "The Indian Empire" in vols I-XXV (neatly strengthened to the verso in a few volumes) + 26 other folding maps or plans, the Atlas volume with 66 double page coloured maps or plans, Vol II with inked name of an early owner “K. Shama Ras…Benares, 21st July 1911” and the blind stamp of the bookseller Ram Narain Lal Allahabad, Vols III and IV with the inked stamp of the Ruskin Library; endpapers rather age-toned throughout, scant foxing; original green cloth, gilt lettered on the spines, 22 x 14 cms, occasional rubbing and wear, the cloth to the second volume faded and rubbed at the corners (with some loss), the hinges of a couple of volumes starting but sound, a very good set of the complete third edition.
A complete collation is available on application.
Price: $2,250.00 AU