L'Afghanistan, ou description géographique du pays théâtre de la guerre, accompagnée de détails sur les tribus de ces contrées, leurs moeurs, leurs usages, etc., etc., par N. Perrin, ancien élève de l'Ecole royale des Langues orientales, collaborateur des Annales des voyages

Rare first edition of this important geographical and ethnographic account, intended to provide insight into the conflict between the Afghans and the British, the latter seeking to protect their Indian frontiers from the threat posed by the Russian Empire (cf. Bourquelot V, 637).

This copy retains the folding map bound at the end of the volume: "Carte pour l'intelligence des voyages d'Alexandre Burnes".

Spine faded with small losses, boards lightly soiled at the margins, paper loss to the lower left corner of the half-title page, some scattered foxing.

The author based his work on Elphinstone’s account, whose second edition appeared in 1838, as well as the narratives of Burnes, Forster, and Masson.