Lot 86
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[Salim Allah, Munshi]
A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal, during the Soobahdaries of Azeem us Shan
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
Translated from the Original Persian by Francis Gladwin. Calcutta: Stuart and Cooper, 1788. First edition, 20th-century half leather, 8vo (20.7 x 12cm), with frequent Persian text printed with nasta'liq types, bound without half-title, retaining errata leaf, title-page, repaired worming to gutter of title-page, dedication and contents leaf (4 ff. in total), a few worm-tracks elsewhere, ink-stamps to title-page and pp. 1 and 221 [ESTC T103421; Shaw, Printing in Calcutta to 1800, 101]
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Footnote
Very rare 18th-century Calcutta imprint, the last copy traced in auction records appearing in 1972.