[India. Taj Mahal. Panorama.]
From the East Indies. Description of the superb model in ivory of the Táj Mahál, the tomb of Moomtaz i Zamanée, at Agra, now exhibiting at No. 5, Haymarket, opposite the Opera House.
London: printed by the Philanthropic Society, 1823.
First edition. 8vo. pp. 11 inc. half-title; double-page wood-engraved view of the “Tomb at Agra”; slight spotting to plate, else very good in period-style plain wrappers.
Not recorded by Altick in The shows of London. This pamphlet describes the Taj Mahal, with a brief history of its construction. The ivory model seems to have been exhibited by the Philanthropic Society, which also published this description; the Society was founded in 1788 to provide for homeless children.
£650
Stock no: 19803
