Russell The Tribes and Castes... of India
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INDIA. (4). RUSSELL ROBERT VANE - LAL, RAI BAHADUR HIRA. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India. I-IV. London (Macmillan & Co) 1916.
8:o. 3 folding coloured maps, 127 plates (2 in colour, one with explanatory text on one leaf).
Publisher´s original cloth, somewhat worn, spine to vol. IV with small damage to head, also crack in upper inner joint. Exlibrary copy stamped on first endpapers. Presentation slip in vol. I: "With the Compliments of the Chief Commissioner Central Provcinces". 4 volumes.
Intended primarily as a reference book for ICS (Indian Civil Service) officers, Russell´s book is still valued as a standard text in the literature of Indian ethnography.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
436192
Datum:
2017-01-31