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BOOKPLATE OF KEANE FITZGERALD ON THE SET
(KEANE FITZGERALD WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING BOOK: A LETTER TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1777)
TITLE: A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan
SUB TITLE: From the Year MDCCXLV. To which is Prefixed, a Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan
AUTHOR: Robert Orme, ESG. F.A.S
PUBLISHER: F. Wingrave
VOLUMES: Vol. 1: 365 pagesand Vol. 2 in 2 parts: 366 to 769 pages
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1803
BINDING: Sumptuously bound in full calf, marbled edges, marbled end papers
NO.OF PAGES: Including 36 engraved maps plans and plates most folding
SIZE:
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 22 cm
Depth: 3.7 cm
A contemporary view praised Orme's work, saying it "occupies so vast a field that every future of modern India must unavoidably trench in a greater or less degree upon his premises" (Lowndes, 1731-32). It "isa contemporary memoir, for Orme was in India in the [East India Company's] service during practically the whole time of which he wrote. It is a record of noble deeds written with picturesque details, and in dignified and natural language appropriateto its subject. Its accuracy in all important matters is unquestionable" (Cambridge History of English and American Literature, XII &15). "Macaulay has praised Orme's history as one of the most authentic and finely written in our language" (DNB). First published 1775-78.
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