[2 in 1] Evenemens Historiques Interessans, Relatifs aux Provinces de Bengale, & a l’Empire de l’Indostan
Amsterdam: Arkstee & Merkus. 1768. Binding: Full period mottled calf boards. Flat spine with morocco label, gilt motifs, gilt bands. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. , Notes: Text in French. First edition of the French translation.
John Zephaniah Holwell FRS (1711 – 1798) was a surgeon, an employee of the British East India Company, and a temporary Governor of Bengal (1760). He was also one of the first Europeans to study Indian antiquities and was an early advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism.
Holwell was a survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, June 1756, the incident in which British subjects and others were crammed into a small poorly ventilated chamber overnight, with many deaths. Holwell's account of this incident (1757) obtained wide circulation in England and some claim this gained support for the East India Company's conquest of India. His account of the incident was not publicly questioned during his lifetime nor for more than a century after his death.
, Size: 8vo. (205 x 130 mm), Illustration: A very good example. Complete with 9 folding plates: 4 maps, and 5 engraved plates reproducing Indian art and antiquities. , Pages: (P) Blank (2). Title. Blank. Preface (v-xxviii). Contents (4). Part 1, pp. 1-208. 4 folding maps. Part 2 title. Blank. Part 2, pp. 1-184. 5 folding plates. Blank (2). , Category: Book Asia Central India & Ceylon / Sri Lanka;. Ownership inked on front free endpaper verso. Interior clean and crisp. Item #B7198
Price: $750.00