Lot 166
India
Travel and history narratives, 18th and 19th century
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
Fraser, James. The History of Nadir Shah, Formerly Called Thamas Kuli Khan, the Present Emperor of Persia, London: printed for A. Millar, 1742. Second edition, 8vo (19.9 x 12.2cm), contemporary calf, folded frontispiece portrait, 1 folded map, joints cracking, spine worn with label and headbands mostly missing, boards worn [ESTC T130788];
[Craufurd, Quintin]. Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning and Manners of the Hindoos. London: printed for T. Cadell, 1792. Second edition, enlarged, 2 volumes, 8vo (21.2 x 13cm), contemporary calf, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, 1 folded plate, hinge of volume 1 upper board cracking, slight wear to spines and extremities [ESTC T130662];
Marshall, George. Epistles in Verse, between Cynthio and Leonora, in Three Cantos, Descriptive of a Voyage to and from the East Indies. Newcastle: printed for the author, by Preston & Heaton, 1812. First edition, 4to (26.5 x 20.5cm), late 19th-/early 20th-century half calf, frontispiece and 10 wood engraved plates, including one by Thomas Bewick, some intermittent dampstaining and occasional spotting;
[Stewart, Charles, translator]. The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, in Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the Years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Re-printed at Calcutta: [s.n.], [1814?]. 8vo in 4s (21.5 x 12cm), contemporary mottled sheep(?), 216 pp., unrecorded printing of a work first published in 1810, front hinge cracked with turn-ins no longer attached to boards and pastedowns largely missing, revealing Calcutta(?) binder's waste, some light worming to initial and final leaves, pp. 83-4 torn with no loss of text;
Kindersley, N. E. Specimens of Hindoo Literature, Consisting of Translations, from the Tamoul Language, of some Hindoo works of Morality and Imagination, with Explanatory Notes. London: printed by W. Bulmer & Co., 1794. First edition, 8vo (21.4 x 12.7cm), contemporary tree calf rebacked with original gilt spine retained, 3 engraved plates (2 double-page), corner tips worn;
together with: ‘Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures … of Donald Campbell … of Barbreck’ (Third American edition, New York, 1801), ‘Historical Sketch of the Princes of India’ (Edinburgh, 1833) (8)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
‘The History of Nadir Shah’ with ownership inscription, dated 1786, of Henry Skrine (1755-1803) travel writer and antiquarian; ‘Specimens of Hindoo Literature’ with blind stamp on upper board of Allen Latham (1792-1871), Chillicothe, Ohio, lawyer, land surveyor and politician.