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(INDIA.) Daniell, Thomas & William. Oriental Scenery. One Hundred and Fifty Views of the Antiquities,and Landscape Scenery of Hindoostan. Drawn and Engraved by Thomas and William Daniell. London: Published by the Authors. MDCCCXVI. General title, text, 142 aquatint plates and 2 line-engraved plates, (without the 8 plans, possibly as issued). 4to, 360x265 mm, modern full leather, spine in seven compartments; internally very clean and sound. London: By the Authors, 1816 [but later?]
Abbey (Travel II, 432) refers us to Sutton, No. 13 (A), for this edition of Oriental Scenery. There Sutton records an example with a general title and bound as a single volume (as the present example). Abbey suggests that this edition may have been published at a later date (circa 1841) by Bohn: "Further investigation of all these points is needed, however, especially to settle whether the Published by the Authors, MDCCCXVI (Sutton, No. 13 (A)) copies are remainders or not, and, if not, which form of the book was remaindered by Bohn." Current thinking holds that this presentation indeed constitutes the 1841 reissue, although it is unclear whether the illustrations were restruck from the original plates or if they were simply remainders of the original 1812-16 publication. The issue is further complicated by the fact that some copies have the 8 plans, while others do not.
