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18006511800 Paris, Buisson, Bosange, Masson et Besson, Treuttel et Würtz (Imp. de Poignée), an VIII (1800). 4 volumes dont un d'atlas. Volumes de texte : 20,5 x 14 cm (R), in-8, XXXVIII - 299 (2) pp., 410 pp., 362 pp., reliure de l'époque en demi-basane fauve, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison, toutes tranches jaunes. Volume d'Atlas : 29 x 23 cm (R), in-4, 39 pp. - 11 cartes, la plupart dépliantes et certaines finement rehaussées de couleurs, reliure de l'époque en demi veau glacé, dos lisse orne de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre, tranches marbrées.
17870034551787 Paris, Debure l'aîné, 1787. In-quarto (208 X 260 mm) basane fauve racinée, dos cinq nerfs, caissons dorés ornés, pièce de titre maroquin grenat, coiffes et coupes ornées, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (1) f. blanc, faux-titre, titre, CLXXX [180] pages de "Discours préliminaire", 427 pages, (1) f. blanc. Infimes travaux de vers aux mors et sur le dos, épidermure au second plat.
174442783Paris, Ph. N. Lottin, 1744. 3 vol. in-12 de (22)-396 pp. ; (2)-353 pp. ; (2) -475-(8) pp., veau havane marbré, dos à nerfs, pièce d titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, armes frappée or sur les plats (reliure de l'époque).
1727WRCAM40676Paris 1727. 8pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge; minor dampstaining along bottom edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree establishing two offices to control the inspection of goods from the Compagnie des Indes. "The Compagnie des Indes flourished from 1726 to 1746 paying handsome dividends and bringing wealth to the ports of Bordeaux Nantes Marseille and in particular its home port of Lorient L'Orient although it lost its rights in the western hemisphere. It established trading offices in many parts of India also Canton Yemen Persia Basra and North Africa. The main sources of its wealth were porcelain wallpapers lacquer and tea from China cotton and silk cloth from China and India coffee from Mocha Yemen pepper from Mahé South India gold ivory and slaves from West Africa" - Shakespeare. A variant and unrecorded issue of Wroth 1096 "which cites the 'Lettres Patentes' only of which but one copy is known to exist that in the New York Public Library whereas no edition of the 'Arrest' itself seems to be known" - Maggs. OCLC locates only one copy at the John Carter Brown Library. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 309 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1096 ref. OCLC 79795021. Howard Shakespeare "The Compagnie des Indes" in the JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOND & SHARE SOCIETY February 1997. hardcover books
1725WRCAM40677Paris 1725. 12pp. Quarto. Unbound folded sheets. Minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree releasing the Compagnie from some of its debts an important step in its reorganization. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. "This decree discharges the Compagnie des Indes of a large number of financial burdens which had been weighing on it for a number of years" - Maggs. Wroth locates only one copy at NYPL; OCLC identifies three more copies. Scarce. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 311 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1101. OCLC 62370774. unknown books
1723WRCAM40668Paris 1723. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light dampstaining and soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree pertaining to the rights of the Compagnie des Indes regarding taxes in New France. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only the copy at NYPL and OCLC adds two more at Harvard and the John Carter Brown Library. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 991. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 258 this copy. unknown books
1787WRCAM47668Amsterdam & Paris 1787. 2140pp. Quarto. Contemporary blue wrappers stitched. Spine with some wear and chipping. Minor scattered foxing. Near fine. Untrimmed. Mémoire of the French East India Company freshly reconstituted in 1785 after its liquidation in 1769. The text includes figures on investor shares and the business of the Company. Seven copies are listed in OCLC. unknown books
1769WRCAM47671Paris 1769. 250pp. Quarto. Contemporary marbled wrappers stitched. Spine lightly worn and faded. Minor foxing to first and last leaves. Very good plus. Jacques Necker 1732-1804 was serving as a director of the French East India Company when he penned this rebuttal to the MÉMOIRE of Abbe Morellet. Morellet had argued against the Compagnie's trading monopoly which Necker here defends. Necker would become Finance Minister under Louis XVI until the French Revolution. unknown books
1766WRCAM47802Paris 1766. 2220pp. plus large folding map. Large folio. Stitched. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. Defense of the Comte de Lally for his actions in India during the Seven Years' War. This is one of two versions authored by him. Lally head of the French expedition to India reached Pondichery in 1758. Though capable he was incredibly unpopular and fell into a series of events which proved fatal to his career and his person. He was unsuccessful in the Siege of Madras beaten at the Battle of Wandiwash and eventually capitulated from the siege of Pondichery. Taken prisoner by the British he returned to France on parole and was imprisoned for two years before being put on trial and executed. This is his last defence published shortly thereafter or perhaps immediately preceding. A publisher's note is dated April 14 and Lally was executed May 6. The map shows the Indian subcontinent and Madagascar. unknown books
178015<p>First Rare edition in Italian of William Bolts Historical political and cultural treatise on Bengal</p><p>Bolts William. <em>Stato civile politico e commerciante del Regno di Bengala ovvero Storia delle conquiste e dell'amministrazione della compagnia inglese in quelle contrade</em> <em>che vengono a formare i tomi 19. e 20. in seguito della Storia filosofica e politica dell'abate Rainal. </em><em>Tomo primo -secondo.</em> sl se 1780.</p><p>8vo 180 x 120 mm modern quarter calf binding boards enriched by handcoloured paper vol 1: pp. 2 199 1 signature pigreco1 A-L8 M12. M12v blank vol 2: pp. 2 208 2 signature π¹ A-N⸠χ¹; at the end folded map "<em>Carta di Bengala . formata secondo il piano preso su i luoghi da W. Bolts</em>" signed "<em>Bart.o Nerici sc. Lucae</em>"</p><p>Big folded Map of Bengal</p><p>Rare First Edition in Italian of William Bolts most important work on denunciation of the activities of the East India Company in the Indian region of Bengal published for the First Time in 1772 under the title "<em>Considerations on India Affairs</em>" and formed by two volumes.</p><p>Vol 1 is dedicated to an excursus on history and costumes of Bengal while in the second he attacked the administration of the East India Company in Bengal; and in particular he complained of the arbitrary power exercised by the authorities and of his own deportation. The observations and experiences he records still offer a unique resource for scholars inquiring into the nature of Company rule in Bengal.</p><p>William Bolts 1738–1808 was a Dutch-born British merchant active in India. He began his career as an employee of the East India Company and subsequently became an independent merchant. He is best known today for his 1772 book <em>Considerations on India Affairs</em> translated in French in 1775 and in Italian in 1780 which detailed the administration of the East India Company in Bengal which began shortly after their victory at Plassey in 1757. Throughout his life Bolts continued to propose and execute various trading ventures on his own behalf and in conjunction with various commercial and governmental partners. The ventures of individual traders like Bolts did much to spur governments and large corporations into the expansion of their own interests.</p><p>Condition: Very good copy printed on strong paper.</p><p>Provenance: I. Ownership stamp "<em>Colonnello Oro Vincenzo S- Angelo Le Fratte Anno 1923</em>" at title page last page of each volume and on <em>verso</em> of map</p>
1724WRCAM34684Paris 1724. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French law granting the exclusive right to organize lotteries to the speculative "Compagnie des Indes" France's leading West Indian commercial concern. Not in Wroth; OCLC locates only two copies at Yale and the University of Minnesota. Rare. <br> <br> This copy is from the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727- 94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 294 this copy. OCLC 47646033. unknown books
1788WRCAM47799Paris 1788. 103124pp. plus folding letterpress table. Quarto. Contemporary blue paper wrappers stitched. Minor wear and soiling. Near fine. Memorial of the French East India Company freshly reconstituted in 1785 after its liquidation in 1769. Twenty-four pages of tables provide a detailed accounting of the Compagnie's commercial activities from 1769 through 1777 while the text advocates the importance of the Compagnie and details its further activities to date. Fewer than ten copies are located in OCLC. unknown books
1764WRCAM47798Paris 1764. 275pp. Quarto. Contemporary marbled wrappers stitched. Very minor soiling and wear. Near fine. A defense of the Sieur de la Selle and an account of his service with the Compagnie des Indes in India during the Seven Years' War. Only one copy located in OCLC at the Bibliothèque Nationale in France. unknown books
1742GITaz288A Luques de l'Imprimerie d'Antoine Rossi 1742. In-8 (17,5cm x 11cm) imprimé sur 2 colonnes XXXIV 377pp. Pleine basane havane, dos à nerfs orné de compartiments dorés, pièce de titre grenat, tranches rouges, rel époque. Bon état.
1780PHO-2003Genève, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1780. 5 volumes in-4, 4 volumes de texte (25,5x20cm) et 1 Atlas (25,5x22cm), portrait, XVI, front.,741 pp., front., (2 ff.), VIII, 485 pp.; front., XV, 629 pp.; front., (2 ff.), VIII, 770 pp., (1 f.); 22 pp., (1 f. bl.), 50 cartes (49+17bis) et 23 tableaux. Relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec tomaison et pièce de titre grenat, filets aux plats, tranches rouges, frottements aux charnières, petites épidermures au dos, qlqs feuillets légèrement brunis. Bel exemplaire en reliure uniforme
17305023<p>Copperplate engraving 83.5 x 55.5 cm 1 folio. Fold marks minor edge wear otherwise a very good copy in very crisp dark impression.<br /></p><p>Rare large-format engraved print produced in 1730 as part of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession 1530 one of the foundational documents of Lutheranism. The subject of the print is the famous Tranquebar Mission in southern India which was established by King Frederick IV of Denmark 1671-1730 and led by the German missionaries Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg 1682-1719 and Heinrich Plütschau 1676-1752 who are noted for having translated the Bible into Tamil and arranged for its printing.</p><p>The engraving executed by Johann Jacob Kleinschmidt after a design by Elias Riedinger is a splendid example of 18th-century Augsburg printmaking. It takes as its compositional conceit a church altar surmounted by a framed retable. The image above the altar depicts the German missionaries preaching to an audience of natives; in the background of this scene can be glimpsed a statue of 'Biruma oder Brama' Brahma. The elaborately carved frame of the retable is enlivened with vignettes illustrating the successes of the Lutheran mission e.g. an Indian smashing an idol a native being baptized a domesticated elephant symbolizing the people under God's yoke etc.</p><p>Placed atop the altar are oval portraits of Ziegenbalg and Plütschau their names written in Tamil and the books they translated an Indian bible an Indian catechism and an Indian hymnal. A map of southern India hangs on the front face of the altar. Flanking the altar are two young natives: the boy on the left holds the Danish Royal arms and the boy on the right displays the architectural plan of the New Jerusalem Church in Tranquebar built by the Germans and dedicated in 1719. In front of the altar are fallen symbols of the old dispensation. At the foot of the sheet is a poem in Latin and German celebrating the expansion of the Lutheran faith to all corners of the world.</p><p>The engraving is one of several quite ambitious broadside prints produced in Augsburg to commemorate the bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession some of which apparently reproduced paintings executed for the occasion. These rather disparate graphic productions were collected by Johann Michael Roth in 1730/31 and released as a small-edition composite volume with an added engraved title page reading <i>Augspurgisches Iubel-Gedächtnüs</i>. The contents of this rather odd production vary greatly from copy to copy. Kleinschmidt's <i>Vorstellung der Evangelisch-Ost-Indischen Kirche</i> engraving apparently was a commercial success because in 1736 citing demand he released a small-format version of the work its composition slightly altered.</p><p>OCLC locates U.S. examples of the <i>Augspurgisches Iubel-Gedächtnüs</i> at Illinois Duke Getty Stanford Princeton Yale Harvard Emory Concordia Seminary and Cal. State Sutro. The Getty copy includes Kleinschmidt's <i>Vorstellung der Evangelisch-Ost-Indischen Kirch</i> but it is not clear which other examples include this engraving.</p><p>Drugulin <i>Historischer Bilderatlas</i> 4112; S. Neill <i>A History of Christianity in India</i>.</p> Kleinschmidt
1798319520London: Henry Hughes 1798. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. Contemporary full tan calf rebacked retaining original boards lower corner of Vol. I repaired. 19th-century ownership inscriptions to first blanks 1-inch tear to map near mount some thumb soiling and scattered spotting. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. "This tireless naturalist and antiquary reached out to the ends of the world to gather in knowledge" Cox. <br /> These are volumes one and two on India and Ceylon of an intended 14-volume series entitled "Outlines of the Globe." Welshman Pennant died in 1798 the year of publication and only two more volumes China and Japan were published after his death by his son. ESTC T145966; Cox I p. 307 Henry Hughes unknown
1798319520London: Henry Hughes 1798. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. Contemporary full tan calf rebacked retaining original boards lower corner of Vol. I repaired. 19th-century ownership inscriptions to first blanks 1-inch tear to map near mount some thumb soiling and scattered spotting. First edition. Folding map frontispieces plates. xv 263 9 index; x 374 12 pp. 2 vols. 4to 11 x 9 inches. "This tireless naturalist and antiquary reached out to the ends of the world to gather in knowledge" Cox. <br/>These are volumes one and two on India and Ceylon of an intended 14-volume series entitled "Outlines of the Globe." Welshman Pennant died in 1798 the year of publication and only two more volumes China and Japan were published after his death by his son. ESTC T145966; Cox I p. 307 Henry Hughes unknown books
1777390092London : East India Company 1777. 1st edition. Hardcover. Finely bound copies in modern half tan buckram over contrasting fine-ribbed cloth boards. Title page repaired. Particularly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description; 2 volumes. Contents; Vol. 1. Containing orders of the Court of Directors and minutes of Council entered on consultations -- Vol. 2. Containing letters from different persons respecting the above transactions. Subjects; Pigot George Baron 1719-1777. Chennai India History ; Sources. Madras India. Thanjavur India : District History Early works to 1800. London : East India Company hardcover
1780PHO-1926Genève, Pellet, 1780, 5 volumes in-4, 4 de texte et un atlas in-4, Texte ; portrait, XVI, 741 pp., 1 pl.; front., (2 ff.), VIII, 485 pp.; front., XV, 629 pp.; front., (2 ff.), VIII, 770 pp., (1 f.), Atlas ; 2f., 28pp. ; illustré complet des 50 cartes (chiffrées 1-49 et 17 bis) ; quelques cartes mal chiffrées et 23 tableaux de statistiques in fine, la plupart dépliants. Rousseurs éparses, feuillets légèrement brunis par places. Tampons humides "Bibliothèque populaire de Bordeaux". Reliure Texte ; Basane fauve marbrée de l'époque, dos à nerfs ornés, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, Atlas ; veau brun marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, fleurons tulipes entre caissons, tranches marbrées, filet à froid encadrant les plats, double filet doré sur coupes 2 coiffes arasées, une arrachée, petits chocs à 2 autres, frottements et épidermures, coins très émoussés, mors fendillés aux entrées, coins émoussés, tranches marbrées (atlas).
1729WRCAM37441Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1729. 20pp. Quarto. Contemporary inscription. Very minor foxing. Fine. A very rare decree confirming the privileges of the Compagnie des Indes. This Arrest was "prompted by the unloading from a Dutch boat coming from Alexandria and the public sale in Dunkirk a free port of a certain quantity of coffee. The interesting legal point is here raised as to the validity of the Company's privileges in this case as regards its coffee monopoly in a free port" - Maggs. Wroth does not cite any locations for this title only mentioning that it had been reprinted in LE COMMERCE DE L'AMÉRIQUE Avignon 1764. OCLC cites only a single copy at the James Ford Bell Library. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-1794 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 346 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1187. OCLC 47820819. de l'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1717576<p>Autograph letter 2pp. folded signed "G. Johnstone" to Sir David Dundas contemporary ink stain not affecting text marginal toning 17 September 1774</p><p>The autograph letter from George Johnstone the Director of the East India Company regarding George Vansittart 1745-1825 "quitting the service of the East India Company". The letter goes on to discuss Warren Hastings the Treaty of Banaras and reformations. Beginning with a politically motivated embezzlement:</p><br /><p>"You will now judge what reformations are likely to take place under such a General who in a very inferior station cut out with 100000£ and endeavoured to support evidence on the reform action attempted by General Claverings besides furthering by his own confession in a manner so very unworthy a public officer…". General Clavering was appointed Commander in Chief in India in 1774 shortly after Warren Hastings was appointed Governor General. By the 1770s Hastings had already made many political enemies in the East India Company. </p><br /><p>The letter goes on to state: </p><p>"I am not surprised that Mr. Hastings and his friends should wish for a success for the only person who was privy to the Treaty at Banaras for exterpating the Rohilla… but why Pitt should adopt him I shall never wonder more." </p><br /><p>The Treaties of Banaras of 1773 was an agreement regulating relations between the British Government of Bengal and the ruler of the Muslim state of Oudh modern day Ayodya. Warren Hastings ceded Allahabad and Kora to the states ruler and promised to support him against the menacing Afghan Rohillas in return for cash payments. This move designed to strengthen Oudh as a buffer state between Bengal and the Marathas led to the Rohilla War of 1774 which later became a major factor in Hastings's impeachment 1788–95.</p><br /><p>The mention of Pitt is referring to Prime Minister William Pitt's Regulating Act of 1773. The Act was intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India. Although it was not a long term solution to the concerns over the company's affairs it marked the first step towards parliamentary control over the company and centralised administration in India. </p><br /><p>George Johnson was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the War of Austrian Succession the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence rising for a time to the position of Commodore of a squadron. Adaptable in his career Johnson also served as a member of Parliament a member of the Carlisle Peace Commission a Director of the East India Company and the first Governor of West Florida from 1763 until 1767. Early in his service he revealed both the positive and negative aspects of his character. He was praised for his bravery when confronting the enemy but censured for disobedience. He rose through the ranks to his own commands and had some success with small cruisers against privateers. Throughout his life he rotated between his political career and his service in the Royal Navy. He became a director of the East India Company towards the end of his life before illness forced him to retire from business and politics shortly before his death in 1787.</p><br /><p>An important letter revealing the Director of the East India Company's concern over the actions of Warren Hastings. </p>
1730ABC_47423Augsburg 1730. 86 x 59 cm. Copperplate engraving. A grand engraving commemorating the achievements of the August Protestant Church in India features various scenes and elements. In the background there are mountains palm trees houses and people including a Chinese person. The foreground shows deciduous and palm trees with a lit grotto holding an idol inscribed with "Brama". In front of the grotto an evangelical missionary preaches to a large congregation of natives while holding a book of music in his left hand and pointing to Brama with his right hand. The missionary wears a turban a priest's cloak and has flappers. The audience under the hill is depicted in interesting groups with some closer to us appearing larger and clearer. At the bottom of the engraving there is an art altar with several books including the "Biblia Malabarica" "Catechism Malabaricus" and the hymnal "Liber Cantion. Malabar." The engraving was made by the German engraver painter draughtsman and art publisher Johann Elias Ridinger 1698-1767. He trained in Ulm and Augsburg under Christoph Resch and Johann Falch and learned engraving from Georg Philipp Rugendas. Ridinger later spent three years in Regensburg where he developed his style through coursing and visits to the riding school. His ornamental works show Rococo stylistic tendencies and he founded his own publishing house in Augsburg. His precise and tasteful drawings were highly regarded and transferred to decoration porcelain and ceramics.With two minor tears one partly repaired the other one not affecting the engraving. Overall in very good condition.l Thienemann Leben und Wirken des unvergleichlichen Thiermalers und Kupferstechers Johann Elias Ridinger 913; Thienemann "Nachträge Zusätze und Berichtigungen C. L. zu : Leben und Wirken des unvergleichlichen Thiermalers und Kupfer stechers Johann Elias Ridinger etc." in Archiv für die zeichnenden Künste 5 1859 pp. 148-149. unknown
180019106AB1800. Paris Poignee An VIII 1800 Four large folding engraved maps six engraved foloding maps and one plan. The four large folding engraved maps are forming the 'Carte de L'Indostan ou de L'Empire Mogol' the oulines contemporary hand-coloured. First French edition with maps revised by Jean Nicholas Buache incorporating the four maps that compose Rennell's "second great work. the construction of the first approximately correct map of India" DNB. "The Father of Indian Surveying" Gole "Early Maps of India" Rennell charted the currents through the India Ocean and around Africa and later surveyed the Indian interior. He recognized Europe's growing fascination with India: "As almost every particular relating to Hindoostan is become an object of popular curiosity it can hardly be deemed superfluous to lay before the public an improved system of its geography" Rennell Preface. With Rennell's first map of Hindoostan the result of 500 separate surveys and stretching from the Himalayas in the north to Ceylon in the south and the "Great Sandy Deserts" in the west. Born in Chudleigh in Devon England James Rennell who was to become one of the mosst celebrated cartographers of his time joined the British Navy as a midshipman at the age of 14. Amidst the Seven Years' War 1756-1763 he travelled the world and learned marine surveying and hydrography. This led to his appointment at age 24 as surveyor of the British East India Company's dominions in Bengal. In 1765 Rennell began surveying India. By this time the British East India Company had maintained its foothold on the region for over one hundred years but it was still another century before Queen Victoria would set her eyes eastward and Rennell's explorations and accounts helped to fill that gap in time. Rennell combined data from British Army columns with Ain-e-Akbari 1598 a translation of Islamic geography of the empire which helped him acquire information about old divisions he therefore subdivided the country according to the Mughal provinces of 'subas'. unknown
1777390089London : East India Company 1777. 1st edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in modern half tan buckram over contrasting fine ribbed-cloth boards. Particularly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description 3 v. Subjects; Appendix. East India Company. Tanjore. London : East India Company hardcover
