Charles de COURCY
Tableau religieux et politique de l'Indostan, ou précis historique des révolutions de l'Inde, où l'on voit les manoeuvres employées par la Compagnie anglaise, pour s'emparer exclusivement du commerce, des terres et des manufactures des peuples indous, et assurer leur tyrannie par l'expulsion des autres nations européennes
Chez Marchant|à Paris 1803|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, rare. The work is followed by two memoirs presented in 1781 to Louis XVI by the author of this work, containing a plan to annihilate English power in India, and a third on the current means to still achieve this.
Contemporary full grained calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with urn and sun tools. Red morocco title label. Greek key border on boards. One lack at head. Signs of rubbing. One corner slightly bumped. Handsome copy, despite some defects.
After a political and religious history of Hindustan (the largest part of present-day India) which is a transcription of the "Historical, political and economic memoirs on the English revolutions in Hindustan" by J.-A. Pa
Contemporary full grained calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with urn and sun tools. Red morocco title label. Greek key border on boards. One lack at head. Signs of rubbing. One corner slightly bumped. Handsome copy, despite some defects.
After a political and religious history of Hindustan (the largest part of present-day India) which is a transcription of the "Historical, political and economic memoirs on the English revolutions in Hindustan" by J.-A. Pa
€650