Description historique et géographique de l'Indostan, traduite de l'anglais par J.B. Bouscheseiche, sur la septième et dernière édition, à laquelle on a joint des Mélanges d'Histoire et de Statistique sur l'Inde, traduits par J. Castéra

Rare first French edition, translated by Bouscheseiche. Without the atlas containing 11 maps that is often found separately.
Later ca 1850 half marbled green calf binding; beautiful pastiche resembling a contemporary binding. Smooth spine decorated with Greek key pattern and four fleurons. Brown morocco title and volume labels. Marbled edges. A lack at the foot of volume 2, continuing onto the board. Handsome copy, very elegant, and quite fresh overall.
Hindostan extended from the Himalayas in the North to the Malabar and Coromandel peninsulas in the South, that is to say the major part of India at that time. James Rennel's study is almost exclusively geographical, and only one chapter on the fall of the great Mogul sacrifices to the historical aspect, exception for the introduction to the first volume on the origin of Hindostan and European conquests. The work was very well received in England, Rennel certainly provided precise and useful information to anyone traveling to these lands. In order to complete the physical and human geography of Hindostan, the French edition added several chapters, an introduction of texts translated by Castera on the history of India, the bibliography of travelers, and which form a large part of the third volume; one will note with interest Samuel Turner's Journey to Tibet.