Lot 206
Forrest, George W. (editor)
Selections from the Travels and Journals preserved in the Bombay Secretariat
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
Bombay: Government Central Press, 1906. First edition, 4to (30.3 x 23.8cm), contemporary Indian binding of tan sheep, [8] xxviii 304 xxix pp., 3 lithographic maps (accompanying the articles 'Narrative of a Journey from the Tower of Ba-'l-Haff on the Southern Coast of Arabia …', ‘Memoir of the South Coast of Arabia …’, and ’Narrative of a Journey from Mokha’ to San'a' …', the second of which folding), small tear to head of spine, moderate worming to binding and contents, damp-staining to foot of front board, variable browning, final 2 leaves of index detached and chipped along edges
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Footnote
The narratives and letters collected in this rare work relate to expeditions conducted by various travellers in Afghanistan, Persia, the north-west frontier of India, and the Arabian Peninsula. The contents include: ‘Narrative of a Journey from the Tower of Ba-’l-Haff, on the Southern Coast of Arabia, to the Ruins of Nakab-al-Hajaf, in April 1835', by James Wellsted; ‘Memoir of the South Coast of Arabia from the Entrance of the Red Sea to Misena’t', by S. B. Haines; ‘Narrative of a Journey from Mokha’ to San'a' by the Tarik-esh-Sham, or Northern Route … 1836', by Charles J. Cruttenden; ‘Notice on Herat’ by Alexander Burnes; ‘Report of a Journey from Herat to Simla via Kandahar and the Punjab’ by D'Arcy Todd; and the ‘Journals' of Charles Masson, containing his notable ‘Memoranda on Lahore, the Sikhs, and their Kingdom and Dependencies’.