McBurney, Nicholas, The Tazkirat al-umarā of Colonel Skinner , [2014]
- Title(s):
- The Tazkirat al-umarā of Colonel Skinner / N.G. McBurney.
- Additional Title(s):
Text volume has title: 1836 Tazkirat al-umarā of Colonel Skinner : a catalogue
Plate volume has title: 39 paintings contained within the 1836 Tazkirat al-umarā of Colonel Skinner- Published/Created:
- London : Bernard Quaritch Ltd., [2014]
©2014 - Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : colour illustrations, colour facsimiles ; 30 cm
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- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16593269
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Title from folding case.
Preface signed: N.G. McBurney.
"A catalogue of the 1836 manuscript of James Skinner's Tazkirat al-umarā, which describes the Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu ruling families of Northern India. This Tazkira is the last of the three illustrated copies commissioned by Skinner. It contains an account of the rulers of Bharatpur and an illustration of the adolescent Maharaja Balwant Singh which appear in neither of the copies held by the Chester Beatty Library and British Library"--Bernard Quaritch website.
Text: v pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 25 pages, 4 unnumbered pages; Illustrations: 4 unnumbered pages, 39 leaves of plates, 2 unnumbered pages.
"Seventy-five numbered copies of the catalogue are offered for sale"--Bernard Quaritch website.
Includes bibliographical references. - Subject Terms:
- India -- Mogul Empire.Manuscripts, Persian -- Facsimiles.Manuscripts, Persian.Nobility -- Mogul Empire -- Pictorial works -- Facsimiles.Nobility.Skinner, James, 1778-1841.Skinner, James, 1778-1841.Skinner, James, 1778-1841. Tazkirit al-umara.
- Form/Genre:
- Facsimiles.
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