INDIA AND CEYLON]. -- HASTINGS, Warren (1732-1818). A Narrative of the Insurrection which Happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, and of the Transactions of the Governor-General in that District. Calcutta: Printed by the Order of the Governor General, 1782. 4 o (315 x 237 mm). Half-title. (Misprinting affecting two pages in the appendix at end, a few leaves loose at beginning.) 19th-century half calf (worn, covers detached). FIRST EDITION. An important document, in which Hastings sets out to justify his actions against Chait Singh, Raja of Benares, and the Wazir of Oudh. Apart from its historical importance, it may be considered to be the first major historical publication printed at the Honourable Company Press, Calcutta. Not in Lowndes. VERY RARE.
INDIA AND CEYLON]. -- HASTINGS, Warren (1732-1818). A Narrative of the Insurrection which Happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, and of the Transactions of the Governor-General in that District. Calcutta: Printed by the Order of the Governor General, 1782. 4 o (315 x 237 mm). Half-title. (Misprinting affecting two pages in the appendix at end, a few leaves loose at beginning.) 19th-century half calf (worn, covers detached). FIRST EDITION. An important document, in which Hastings sets out to justify his actions against Chait Singh, Raja of Benares, and the Wazir of Oudh. Apart from its historical importance, it may be considered to be the first major historical publication printed at the Honourable Company Press, Calcutta. Not in Lowndes. VERY RARE. KNOX, Robert (1640?-1720). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon.... With an Account of the Detaining in Captivity of the Author and Divers Other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape. London: Richard Chiswell, 1681. 2 o (310 x 198 mm). Engraved double-page map and 15 engraved plates. Retaining initial leaf [A]1 bearing Blackbourne and Wren's approbations and 2-page publisher's advertisement 2C2. (Old repair to fold of map, a few plates with marginal tears, light marginal worming at end, some light browning and staining.) Provenance : Martin family ("Ham Court" armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. KNOX'S CELEBRATED ACCOUNT OF HIS CAPTIVITY AND THE ISLAND OF SRI LANKA. The work enjoyed a swift success, due to the accuracy and range of the information it contained. It informed Daniel Defoe's novels The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719) and The Life, Adventures and Pyracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (1720). Brunet III:683; ESTC R16598; Lowndes II, p. 1289; Wing K-742. (2)
INDIA AND CEYLON]. -- HASTINGS, Warren (1732-1818). A Narrative of the Insurrection which Happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, and of the Transactions of the Governor-General in that District. Calcutta: Printed by the Order of the Governor General, 1782. 4 o (315 x 237 mm). Half-title. (Misprinting affecting two pages in the appendix at end, a few leaves loose at beginning.) 19th-century half calf (worn, covers detached). FIRST EDITION. An important document, in which Hastings sets out to justify his actions against Chait Singh, Raja of Benares, and the Wazir of Oudh. Apart from its historical importance, it may be considered to be the first major historical publication printed at the Honourable Company Press, Calcutta. Not in Lowndes. VERY RARE.
INDIA AND CEYLON]. -- HASTINGS, Warren (1732-1818). A Narrative of the Insurrection which Happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, and of the Transactions of the Governor-General in that District. Calcutta: Printed by the Order of the Governor General, 1782. 4 o (315 x 237 mm). Half-title. (Misprinting affecting two pages in the appendix at end, a few leaves loose at beginning.) 19th-century half calf (worn, covers detached). FIRST EDITION. An important document, in which Hastings sets out to justify his actions against Chait Singh, Raja of Benares, and the Wazir of Oudh. Apart from its historical importance, it may be considered to be the first major historical publication printed at the Honourable Company Press, Calcutta. Not in Lowndes. VERY RARE. KNOX, Robert (1640?-1720). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon.... With an Account of the Detaining in Captivity of the Author and Divers Other Englishmen now Living there, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape. London: Richard Chiswell, 1681. 2 o (310 x 198 mm). Engraved double-page map and 15 engraved plates. Retaining initial leaf [A]1 bearing Blackbourne and Wren's approbations and 2-page publisher's advertisement 2C2. (Old repair to fold of map, a few plates with marginal tears, light marginal worming at end, some light browning and staining.) Provenance : Martin family ("Ham Court" armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. KNOX'S CELEBRATED ACCOUNT OF HIS CAPTIVITY AND THE ISLAND OF SRI LANKA. The work enjoyed a swift success, due to the accuracy and range of the information it contained. It informed Daniel Defoe's novels The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719) and The Life, Adventures and Pyracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (1720). Brunet III:683; ESTC R16598; Lowndes II, p. 1289; Wing K-742. (2)
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