Beast and Man in India

Published by MacMillan and Co, London and New York, 1892. Original Blue Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. John Lockwood Kipling (illustrator). Second Edition, xii, 360pp, engraved illustrations by the author, pages appear clean, binding is firm, green endpapers, publisher's blue cloth with gilt decoration, including elephant stamp to upper board, gilt spine lettering, corners lightly bumped/frayed, spine a little tanned, gilt nice and bright, a near fine copy.

John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) is probably best remembered as the father of author, Rudyard Kipling, for whom he illustrated many books. He was an artist, a museum curator and served as Principal at Mayo School of Arts in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan). This book looks at animals in relation to Indian culture, a subject he studied while living in Lahore. The animals include monkeys, asses, goats and sheep, goats and oxen, buffaloes and pigs, horses and mules, elephants, camels, etc. Chapters on animals calls, animal training, reptiles, animals in Indian art, beast fights, animals and the supernatural.