[ROBERTS, David]. The Route of the Overland Mail to India. London: Atchley & Co., [c. 1850]. Oblong 2° (373 x 250mm). 32 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates after J.F Herring and Thomas Grieve including pictorial title, 4pp. 'Prospectus' loosely inserted. (Occasional light spotting, mainly marginal, 'Prospectus' with light staining.) Pictorial green cloth decorated in blue, yellow endpapers. Provenance: Library of Arts (small blind stamp on margin of title).

[ROBERTS, David]. The Route of the Overland Mail to India. London: Atchley & Co., [c. 1850]. Oblong 2° (373 x 250mm). 32 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates after J.F Herring and Thomas Grieve including pictorial title, 4pp. 'Prospectus' loosely inserted. (Occasional light spotting, mainly marginal, 'Prospectus' with light staining.) Pictorial green cloth decorated in blue, yellow endpapers. Provenance: Library of Arts (small blind stamp on margin of title).

FIRST EDITION WITH HAND-COLOURED VIEWS of the Needles on the Isle of Wight, Cintra, the Tagus, Trafalgar, Tarifa, Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, the Red Sea, Madras and Calcutta. The wood engravings are by W. Measom, H. Sears, the Lighton Brothers, A.J. Mason and others. The 4pp. 'Prospectus' gives a description of each plate.