A Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths of the English Gentlemen, and Others, who were suffocated in the Black Hole in Fort William, at Calcutta. + An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily in the Years 1718, 1719, and 1720. + Faction Detected, by the Evidence of Facts. Containing an Impartial View of Parties at Home, and Affairs Abroad. + Some Considerations on the Law of Forfeiture, for High-Treason

Holwell, J. Z.; Sir George Byng; Sir John Percival; Charles Yorke

Verlag: London: A. Millar, 1758 + London: Tonson, 1739 + London: J. Roberts, 1743 + London: J. Roberts, 1746, 1758

Beschreibung

Scarce first person narrative of the notorious Black Hole of Calcutta where approximately 143 died, written by Holwell, a doctor civilian administrator of the British East India Company imprisoned there. viii, 56 pp. lacking half-title. Bound with three additional titles. Byng: Third edition. 96 pp. with fold-out plate. Percival: Fifth edition. 75 pp. Yorke: Second edition. 180 pp. with errata leaf. Hardcover, bound in calf over marbled boards. The leather dry, joints cracked, chips at the spine ends. Text with very few blemishes. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M22-Bas-C13-S3-A

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Titel: A Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths...

Verlag: London: A. Millar, 1758 + London: Tonson, 1739 + London: J. Roberts, 1743 + London: J. Roberts, 1746

Erscheinungsdatum: 1758

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good