Memoirs of India: Comprising a Brief Geographical Account of the East Indies; a Succinct History of Hindostan, From the Most Early Ages, to the End of the Marquis of Hastings' Administration in 1823.

R. G. Wallace

Verlag: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 1824

Beschreibung

A very scarce near fine travel guide work on India by army officer R. G. Wallace, the first edition of this descriptive work. The first edition of this very scarce work.Smartly bound in a modern striking half navy calf binding.The author, Irishman Robert Grenville Wallace, spent fifteen years in India, from 1805 to 1819, posted there after he joined the army.Wallace wrote this work for any young men going to India, delving into the vast history of the country, and it's contemporary state at the beginning of the nineteenth century, providing an insight into the country before Victoria's Empire.Bookplate of Scottish bibliophile Alexander Stone to the front paste down. In a modern half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, very smart, with some very light marks to the boards. Spine is lightly faded. Bookplate to the front paste down. A few spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 879P12

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Memoirs of India: Comprising a Brief ...

Verlag: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1824

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book