William BOLTS
Etat civil, politique et commerçant du Bengale, ou histoire des conquêtes & de l'administration de la compagnie angloise dans ce pays. Pour servir de suite à l'histoire philosophique et politique
Chez Jean Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux.|à Maestricht [Maastricht] 1778|12.50 x 19.50 cm|deux tomes reliés en deux volumes
New edition after the first French (translated by Demeunier) in 1775. Illustrated with two frontispieces by Eisen (representing slaves under the English yoke and the English army in India) and a folding map of India.
Contemporary full speckled sheep bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Title label of volume I missing. Rubbing to spines. Joint of volume II opened at foot. Corners slightly bumped. Frontispiece frayed in lower margins. It appears, according to a comment contained in the work, that Bolt had himself written the article on Bengal in the Histoire philosophique et politique des deux Indes. The criticism present in the book indeed follows that of Raynal's book, namely a denunciation of the exploitation of peoples, slavery, trade... Bolt was a Dutch adventurer who worked for the East India Company. He was later deported to England where he wrote his book, which remains important documentation on 18th-century India.
Contemporary full speckled sheep bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Title label of volume I missing. Rubbing to spines. Joint of volume II opened at foot. Corners slightly bumped. Frontispiece frayed in lower margins. It appears, according to a comment contained in the work, that Bolt had himself written the article on Bengal in the Histoire philosophique et politique des deux Indes. The criticism present in the book indeed follows that of Raynal's book, namely a denunciation of the exploitation of peoples, slavery, trade... Bolt was a Dutch adventurer who worked for the East India Company. He was later deported to England where he wrote his book, which remains important documentation on 18th-century India.
€450