Author:
WILLIAMSON Captain Thomas
Title:
The European In Inida From A Collection Of Drawings By Charles Doyley Esq With A Preface And Copious Descriptions By Captain Thomas Williamson Accompanied With A Brief History Of Ancient And Modern India by F.W.Blagdon
Price:
£1680.00
Year:
1813
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
Edward Orme
Summary:
149 (9) pages, 4to., AEG, 20 hand coloured aquatint plates. A clean copy bound in a contemporary full straight grained morroco with ornate gilt frames to centre of board within blind decorated inner and outer borders, early reback retaining the original spine, ornately decorated in compartments, some darkening and rubbing to edges. A pictorial guide to life in India for the European giving detailed information on servants, teh people, the best diet, dress etc., Captain Williamson served twenty years in Indis'a Bengal region, Abbey Travel 435.
Ref:
18329