SDUK Map of Calcutta London underground Armorial bookplate to the verso

Armorial bookplate to the verso of the half title in volume two (none in volume one)

one or two short

according to the title-page

the British leased territory at Weihaiwei

SDUK Map of Calcutta London underground Armorial bookplate to the versoThis map of Calcutta includes inset views of the Writers Buildings, Government House and Esplanade Row. Calcutta expanded rapidly under the Governor Generalship of Wellesley at the beginning of the nineteenth century. By the time our map was engraved, Calcutta was considered the second city of the Empire, boasting public architecture which led to the further epithet: City of Palaces. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in