Alexis-Guillaume-Henri COLLIN DE BAR
Histoire de l'Inde ancienne et moderne, ou l'Indostan
Le Normant|Paris 1814|In-8|2 volumes reliés
The rare first edition, illustrated with a very fine and large folding color map on heavy paper, and a table of currencies, weights and measures.
Contemporary half speckled brown sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with lyre and urn tools. Title and volume labels decorated in chocolate sheep. Sprinkled paper boards. Lacks to head. Two wormholes to head of volume 1. Small lacks to upper joint of volume 2. Surface wear to tail. Despite some defects, a fairly good copy.
Member of a family that had lived in India for nearly a century, Collin de Bar was French governor at Pondicherry, he was imprisoned for eight years during which he conceived this work. After a general description
Contemporary half speckled brown sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with lyre and urn tools. Title and volume labels decorated in chocolate sheep. Sprinkled paper boards. Lacks to head. Two wormholes to head of volume 1. Small lacks to upper joint of volume 2. Surface wear to tail. Despite some defects, a fairly good copy.
Member of a family that had lived in India for nearly a century, Collin de Bar was French governor at Pondicherry, he was imprisoned for eight years during which he conceived this work. After a general description
€830