(India) — James Todd Edward Francis Finden and Patrick WaughAnnals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1829-1832
2 volumes, 4to (323 x 245 mm). Volume I: Half-title, engraved frontispiece, 31 of 31 called for plates. handcolored "Map of Rajast'han or Rajwarra, Embracing the Rajpoot Principalities of Central and Western India," 2 folding letterpress genealogical tables, folding engraved elevation plan, folding lithograph Sanscrit text, folding engraving of rock statues; numbering in ink to title, dampstaining, stray spots, short splits to folds of maps. Volume II: Half-title, engraved frontispiece, 23 of 23 called for plates; dampstaining, stray spots. Original jade cloth, printed paper labels to spines; joints repaired, extremities rubbed, some staining.
First edition, splendidly illustrated, of this rare early study of the Rajputs in northwest India.
Tod's Annals is a comprehensive study of the history, beliefs, and topography of Rajast'han. Compiled at the dawn of the archaeological and historical study of India, Annals presents the contemporary geography and a detailed history of Rajputana along with the history of the Rajput clans who ruled most of the area. A British soldier with the East India Company from 1799 to 1822, and for some years the first political agent to the courts of Rajpu, Tod was "constantly surveying or collecting topographical information" (ODNB). He gathered materials from local archives, Rajput tradition, and from local surveyors, whom he paid to travel and conduct interviews. Upon his return to England in 1823, Tod spent "the rest of his life arranging and publishing the immense mass of materials accumulated during his Indian career" (ODNB). The resulting two volumes, first published in 1829 and 1832, comprise a magisterial work, for which Tod gave this simple justification: "I have fulfilled what I considered to be a sacred obligation to the races among whom I have passed the majority of my life. I am far less eager to court public approbation, than to awaken a sympathy for the objects of my work, the interesting people of Rajpootana" (vol. II, p. i). Annals was so appreciated in the region at the time, that the ruler of Udaipur renamed a village in Tod's honor: Barsawada became Todgarh—or "Tod's fort"—a name it still bears today.
REFERENCES:See D'Souza, Knowledge, Mediation, and Empire: JamesTod's Journey Among the Rajputs; see Freitag, Serving Empire, Serving Nation, p. 25; Godrej and Rohatgi, Scenic Splendor; OCLC 6141714
PROVENANCE:The Warren Library Association (bookplate to front pastedown of vol. I; embossed stamp to title-page)
(India) — James Todd Edward Francis Finden and Patrick WaughAnnals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1829-1832
2 volumes, 4to (323 x 245 mm). Volume I: Half-title, engraved frontispiece, 31 of 31 called for plates. handcolored "Map of Rajast'han or Rajwarra, Embracing the Rajpoot Principalities of Central and Western India," 2 folding letterpress genealogical tables, folding engraved elevation plan, folding lithograph Sanscrit text, folding engraving of rock statues; numbering in ink to title, dampstaining, stray spots, short splits to folds of maps. Volume II: Half-title, engraved frontispiece, 23 of 23 called for plates; dampstaining, stray spots. Original jade cloth, printed paper labels to spines; joints repaired, extremities rubbed, some staining.
First edition, splendidly illustrated, of this rare early study of the Rajputs in northwest India.
Tod's Annals is a comprehensive study of the history, beliefs, and topography of Rajast'han. Compiled at the dawn of the archaeological and historical study of India, Annals presents the contemporary geography and a detailed history of Rajputana along with the history of the Rajput clans who ruled most of the area. A British soldier with the East India Company from 1799 to 1822, and for some years the first political agent to the courts of Rajpu, Tod was "constantly surveying or collecting topographical information" (ODNB). He gathered materials from local archives, Rajput tradition, and from local surveyors, whom he paid to travel and conduct interviews. Upon his return to England in 1823, Tod spent "the rest of his life arranging and publishing the immense mass of materials accumulated during his Indian career" (ODNB). The resulting two volumes, first published in 1829 and 1832, comprise a magisterial work, for which Tod gave this simple justification: "I have fulfilled what I considered to be a sacred obligation to the races among whom I have passed the majority of my life. I am far less eager to court public approbation, than to awaken a sympathy for the objects of my work, the interesting people of Rajpootana" (vol. II, p. i). Annals was so appreciated in the region at the time, that the ruler of Udaipur renamed a village in Tod's honor: Barsawada became Todgarh—or "Tod's fort"—a name it still bears today.
REFERENCES:See D'Souza, Knowledge, Mediation, and Empire: JamesTod's Journey Among the Rajputs; see Freitag, Serving Empire, Serving Nation, p. 25; Godrej and Rohatgi, Scenic Splendor; OCLC 6141714
PROVENANCE:The Warren Library Association (bookplate to front pastedown of vol. I; embossed stamp to title-page)
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