FORSTER, George (d. 1792). A Journey from Bengal to England, through the northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian Sea . London: for R. Faulder, 1798. 2 vols. in one, 4 (265 x 210mm). Double-page folding engraved map, half title to vol. I. (Map slightly damp-stained, vol. I affected by damp at upper margins, Z3 of vol. II with long but clean tear, quire 2C browned.) Modern blue half morocco. Provenance : Rowland Cotton (early ownership signature on front blank); Fifth Marquess of Onslow (bookplate). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Forster, a civil servant of the East India Company, undertook the remarkable feat of travelling from Calcutta overland into Russia in 1782, his journey taking him through Cashmere, Afghanistan, Herat, Khorassan, and Mazanderan to the Caspian Sea, which he crossed. The account of his journey was undertaken on his return to India, the first volume appearing at Calcutta in 1790. In 1792 he was sent on an embassy to the Mahrattas. He died at Nagpore, leaving an unknown editor to complete the work from his papers amd publish the full account in 2 volumes, London, 1798. Lowndes p. 820.
FORSTER, George (d. 1792). A Journey from Bengal to England, through the northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian Sea . London: for R. Faulder, 1798. 2 vols. in one, 4 (265 x 210mm). Double-page folding engraved map, half title to vol. I. (Map slightly damp-stained, vol. I affected by damp at upper margins, Z3 of vol. II with long but clean tear, quire 2C browned.) Modern blue half morocco. Provenance : Rowland Cotton (early ownership signature on front blank); Fifth Marquess of Onslow (bookplate). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Forster, a civil servant of the East India Company, undertook the remarkable feat of travelling from Calcutta overland into Russia in 1782, his journey taking him through Cashmere, Afghanistan, Herat, Khorassan, and Mazanderan to the Caspian Sea, which he crossed. The account of his journey was undertaken on his return to India, the first volume appearing at Calcutta in 1790. In 1792 he was sent on an embassy to the Mahrattas. He died at Nagpore, leaving an unknown editor to complete the work from his papers amd publish the full account in 2 volumes, London, 1798. Lowndes p. 820.
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