Library showcases a 200-year-old historical book presented to the then British Viceroy Lord George Curzon in 1904 restored in good condition for Rashtrapati Bhavan library.

he library also showcases 100 books of Punch, a British weekly magazine of humour and satire launched in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. The bi-yearly book, which comprises compilation of the weekly magazine, was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.

The 2,000-odd books, dating from 1800 to 1947, in the library can be a real treat to any researcher.

They include a rare book of 1800 written by Alexander Beaston on "A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan".

A 12-volume Oxford dictionary of 1888, compiled by James A H Murray, is also part of the collection of 2,000 old books of the library besides "Transfer of Power 1942-47" brought out by Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Source: www.ibnlive.in.com/

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