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<i>A History of the Military Transactions in Indostan,</i> with <i>Historical Fragments</i> — A Complete Set of Orme’s Writings on British India - Robert Orme - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Robert Orme (1728 - 1801)

A History of the Military Transactions in Indostan, with Historical Fragments — A Complete Set of Orme’s Writings on British India

Robert Orme, A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV to which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan, London: Printed for F. Wingrave, 1803, Fourth Edition, revised by the author

Two volumes bound in three
Volume I: xcvi + 436 pp., including 8 folding maps
Volume II: 365 pp., including 10 folding maps and 2 panoramic views
Volume III: 374 pp., including 12 folding maps and 1 view
Uniformly bound in contemporary speckled calf, smooth spines gilt in compartments with central floral tools, twin morocco lettering-pieces in red and black titled “ORME’S INDOSTAN” and volume numbers; board edges with blind tooling (each)
11.4 x 8.8 in (28.6 x 22.2 cm) (each)
[Together with:]
Robert Orme, Historical fragments of the Mogul empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English concerns in Indostan from the year MDCLIX; origin of the company's trade at Broach and Surat, and a general idea of the government and people of Indostan; to which is prefixed an account of the life and writings of the author, London: F. Wingrave, successor to Mr Nourse, in the Strand, 1805

pp. [2], lxviii, 471 pp, 31 index pages, folding engraved map of the Carnatic and Coromandel Coast; contemporary full mottled calf covers with gilt fillet borders, a spine in six compartments with raised bands, richly tooled in gilt with floral devices, twin morocco title ticket pieces (one in red, one in green), marbled endpapers, and all edges marbled.
10.75 x 9 in (27.5 x 23 cm)

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