Life in Bombay and Neighbouring Outstations, with Illustrations

James Gray, Life in Bombay and Neighbouring Outstations, with Illustrations, London: Richard Bentley, 1852

xvi; 350 pages with 13 tinted lithographic plates; original cloth binding with blind-stamped decorative pattern on the front and the backboards along with gilt text and design at the spine
26 x 17 cm

LIST OF PLATES
1. Bombay from Malabar Hill (Frontispiece) / 2. Vaucluse / 3. Hindoo Temple Of Mahaluxmee / 4. Bombay from Belmont / 5. Sewree and the Neat's Tongue / 6. The Wagnuk (Wood Cut) / 7. The Elephant Hill and Traveller's Bungalow, Khandalla / 8. The Duke's Nose / 9. Cave of Karli / 10. Temple of Parhuttee / 11. Malabar Point / 12. Dumree Musjid / 13. The Sister's Tomb.

LIFE & VIEWS OF A CITY: BOMBAY IN THE 1850S

First edition of one of the most appealing pictorial accounts of mid-nineteenth-century Bombay, notable for its finely executed tinted lithographs. Published by Richard Bentley in 1852, Life in Bombay presents a composite of descriptive travel narrative and visual documentation of both the city and its neighbouring stations, including Ahmednuggur and key temple and mosque sites.

The plates, lithographed by Hullmandel & Walton, capture a formative moment in Bombay’s urban and cultural landscape: Malabar Hill in its semi-rural setting, the coastal temple of Mahalaxmi, and Mughal-era tombs and mosques in the Deccan hinterland. The work is valued for its combination of topographical accuracy and aesthetic composition, situating Bombay within its broader western Indian environment.

Examples are scarce, and the lithographic suite makes it a desirable acquisition for collectors of illustrated India, particularly those focused on the visual culture of Bombay before its explosive late-nineteenth-century expansion.

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