(Gen. Sir Charles).- Porny (M.A.) The Elements of Heraldry..., fifth edition, 24 engraved plates, illustrations in text, inscribed by Napier to title, the family bookplate to front pastedown, a little faint browning, most to endpapers, contemporary marbled calf, rubbed, a little worn at corners and along extremities, joints splitting a little, a little loss at spine head, 8vo, 1795. *** General Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), Governor of Sindh, later Commander-in-Chief of India; commander in the battles for Sindh of the 25th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (in 1903 renamed the 125th Napier's Rifles). The inscription: "Charles Napier. Rifle Battn. ?10101"
(Gen. Sir Charles).- Porny (M.A.) The Elements of Heraldry..., fifth edition, 24 engraved plates, illustrations in text, inscribed by Napier to title, the family bookplate to front pastedown, a little faint browning, most to endpapers, contemporary marbled calf, rubbed, a little worn at corners and along extremities, joints splitting a little, a little loss at spine head, 8vo, 1795. *** General Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), Governor of Sindh, later Commander-in-Chief of India; commander in the battles for Sindh of the 25th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (in 1903 renamed the 125th Napier's Rifles). The inscription: "Charles Napier. Rifle Battn. ?10101"
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