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TITLE OF VOLUME 1: A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social
SUB TITLE: From THE FIRST LANDING OF THE ENGLISH, To the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt; including an outline of the early history of Hindoostan
VOLUME: 1
EDITION: 1st
AUTHOR: Henry Beveridge, Esq.
PUBLISHER: Blackie and Son
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1860
BINDING: Cloth bound with attractive blind tooling
NO.OF PAGES: pp. xii + 6 colour maps + 1 B & W engraved frontispiece, 1 b & w engraved title page and 707 pages including 173 b & w engraved illustrations
SIZE:
Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 5 cm
TITLE OF VOLUME 2: A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social
SUB TITLE: From THE FIRST LANDING OF THE ENGLISH, To the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt; including an outline of the early history of Hindoostan
VOLUME: 2
EDITION: 1st
AUTHOR: Henry Beveridge, Esq.
PUBLISHER: Blackie and Son
PLACE: London
YEAR:1860
BINDING: Cloth bound with attractive blind tooling
N.OF PAGES: pp. X + 8 colour maps + 1 b & w engraved frontispiece, 1 b & w engraved title page and 852 pages including 191 b & w engraved illustrations
SIZE:
Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 5.5 cm
TITLE OF VOLUME 3: A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military and Social
SUB TITLE: From THE FIRST LANDING OF THE ENGLISH, To the Suppression of the Sepoy Revolt; including an outline of the early history ofHindoostan
VOLUME: 3
EDITION: 1st
AUTHOR: Henry Beveridge, Esq.
PUBLISHER: Blackie and Son
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1860
BINDING: Cloth bound with attractive blind tooling
NO.OF PAGES: pp. X + 5 colour maps + 1 b & w engraved frontispiece, 1 b & w engraved title page and 743 pages
SIZE:
Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 5 cm
A very good set with the original yellow endpapers and perfectly firm joints and hinges. Approx. 2250 pages and with numerous engravings and coloured maps. Each volume has an extra title page with engraved vignette.
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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