Rare Vintage Book – Madras The Birth Place Of British India
Book title: Madras The Birth Place Of British India
Author: Lieut. Colonel H A Newell
Publishers: The Madras Times Printing & Publg. Co Ltd
Year: 1919
Edition: 1st edition, 3000 copies
Pages: 146, including illustrations and maps
Dimension: 7 x 5 Inches
This rare vintage book Madras The Birth Place Of British India it beautifully presents the city now Chennai of 1919 and earlier. A 1st edition with 3000 copies printed. The author states that Chennai was the first British colony in India. A brief extract- “Into comparatively short period of three hundred years the city has crowded an important and varied history. It was a power in the land before Bombay was transferred to England as a Queen’s dower, Calcutta founded, or Karachi thought of. By virtue of these facts, Madras is senior of the three great Presidencies, and here Governor ranks second to the Viceroy…”
The three other great Presidencies referred to are Calcutta, Bombay, and Karachi. See my posts- Antique Photo Madras Fort St George 1872 Very Rare., and Antique Map San Thome Fort Madras. This vintage book – is a little brittle through age and possibly cheaper paper quality especially the covers.
From the collection- Vintage Oleograph Raja Ravi Varma “Vishnu On Sheshnag”., Antique Photo Coffee Estate Wayanad., Postcard Dhondy Road Deolali 1900., Print Ootacamund/ Ooty View of Lake., Antique Print First Passenger Train From Bombay to Thane 1853
