[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] GRINDLAY, CAPTAIN ROBERT MELVILLE scenery, costumes and architecture... on the western side of india London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1830 [but 1892]. Folio. Illustrated with chromolithographic vignette title-page and 36 chromolithographic plates, with guard sheets. Contemporary three-quarter green morocco and green marbled boards, richly gilt spine compartments, burgundy morocco spine label, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Joints and extremities lightly rubbed; ink ownership on front blank, very lightly foxed in margins, otherwise a clean and bright copy. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down, stamp on verso of front free endpaper, with call number in pencil on title-page; plates free of all markings. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.