Lot 80
Jahangir (1569-1627), Mughal emperor
Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
written by himself; and translated from a Persian Manuscript, by Major David Price. London: for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829. First edition, 4to (31.7 x 25cm), later yellow cloth, [2] x 141 [3] pp., subscriber's address leaf to front (printed in colours, spotted), edges untrimmed;
Humayun (1508-1556), Mughal emperor. The Tezkereh al Vakiat, or private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun, written in the Persian Language by Jouher, a Confidential Domestic of His Majesty; translated by Major Charles Stewart. London: for the Oriental Translation Fund, 1832. First edition, 4to (32 x 24.8cm, original cloth, viii 127 4 pp., lithographic portrait frontispiece, ink-stamp of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to title-page (offset onto frontispiece), unopened, publisher's slip to final page;
with 2 others including a copy of Memoirs of the Emperor Jangueir, untrimmed in wrappers, without subscriber's address leaf (4)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Jahangir (first copy): Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854), army officer (the subscriber's address leaf with printed dedication).