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ALEXANDER BEATSON, A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultaun: Comprising a Narrative of the Operations of the Army under the command of Lieutenant General George Harris, and of the Siege of Seringapatam, London: G and W Nicol, 1800

xxiii, [1], 265, [1], clxxii pages with 6 plates including copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Tippoo Sultan; 3 folding copper-engraved maps and plans (1 of them hand-coloured); folding copper-engraved order of battle of the British troops; folding aquatint view of Seringapatam; 2 folding printed table
Contemporary leather bound with gilt title on the front board and at the spine
30 x 24 x 4 cm

In the late 18th century, a number of wars were fought between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company. In the fourth and final Anglo-Mysore War, the British defeated Tipu Sultan, the King of Mysore, and took indirect control of the capital by restoring power to the Wodeyar Dynasty and appointing a British commissioner. The present lot is an account of this defining battle, penned by Alexander Beatson, who claims in the preface that he has spared no labour to render [the account] as faithful and impartial a record as can possibly be given Beatson was an officer in the service of the East India Company at the time, and went on to become the Governor of St Helena from 1808 to 1813.