Lot n° 681
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Hindustan
RENNELL (James)
Description Historique... - Lot 681 - Briscadieu
Hindustan
RENNELL (James)
Description Historique et Géographique de l'Indostan... Translated from the English by J. B. Boucheseiche... to which has been appended Mélanges d'Histoire et de Statistique sur l'Inde, translated by J. Castéra. Paris, imp. de Poignée, an VIII (1800).
3 volumes in-8 and an atlas in-4 containing 40 pages of text and 11 maps, most of them folding or double-paged. Copy on large paper, with wide margins.
Contemporary glazed root calf, ornate smooth spines, red title-pieces, black tomaisons, rubbing, fine gilt garland framing the boards, minor scuffing, gilt roulette on the edges, speckled edges (text) and glazed root calf, ornate smooth spine, red and black title-pieces, headband torn off, small leather losses on spine, small loss on upper board, fine garland framing the boards, gilt roulette on the edges, speckled edges.
This work by James Rennell, surveyor in Bengal, is important for our knowledge of the geographical and political division of the Indian subcontinent.
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