Title: A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India, Under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings. 1813 to 1818. Author: Prinsep, Henry T. Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1820 Description: (iii)-xxvi, [1], 468 pp. Lacking half title. Portrait frontispiece; large engraved folding map; 9 plates. (4to) 10½x8½, later red half morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition. Prinsep was employed at the age of 16 as writer with the East India Company in Calcutta, he later joined the staff of the Marquis of Hastings and accompanied him on his tour through Oudh and the North-Western Provinces. He served on Hastings’ staff during the Gurkha and Pindari campaigns and through the end of the Mahratta war, when he obtained the Governor-General's permission to write his Narrative. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine a touch sunned, minor wear at edges; 1" strip cut from foot of first leaf of preface (no loss of text), short stub-tear to map, scattered foxing; very good. Sold as is. Item number: 203045
Title: A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India, Under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings. 1813 to 1818. Author: Prinsep, Henry T. Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1820 Description: (iii)-xxvi, [1], 468 pp. Lacking half title. Portrait frontispiece; large engraved folding map; 9 plates. (4to) 10½x8½, later red half morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition. Prinsep was employed at the age of 16 as writer with the East India Company in Calcutta, he later joined the staff of the Marquis of Hastings and accompanied him on his tour through Oudh and the North-Western Provinces. He served on Hastings’ staff during the Gurkha and Pindari campaigns and through the end of the Mahratta war, when he obtained the Governor-General's permission to write his Narrative. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine a touch sunned, minor wear at edges; 1" strip cut from foot of first leaf of preface (no loss of text), short stub-tear to map, scattered foxing; very good. Sold as is. Item number: 203045
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