AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF CAUBUL, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES I...

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AN ACCOUNT
OF THE KINGDOM OF CAUBUL, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES IN PERSIA, TARTARY AND INDIA, COMPRISING A VIEW OF THE AFGHAUN NATION AND A HISTORY OF THE DOORAUNEE MONARCHY, by the HON. MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE
of the honourable East India Company’s Service, resident at the court of Poona, and late envoy to the King of Caubul, 1815
First edition, 675 pages, 14 aquatint costume plates, 4 of them hand-coloured, 1 aquatint view after Grindlay and Indian artists, 2 engraved maps, one large one folded, printed by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row and J. Murray, Albemarble-Street, marbled endpapers and edge papers, contemporary brown calf, gilt-decorated spine, title and author gilt to label on spin, raised bands, some damage on the binding, slight foxing
27.5 x 22cm