Lot 97
Thorn, William
Memoir of the War in India
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
conducted by General Lord Lake, Commander-in-Chief, and Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; from its Commencement in 1803, to its Termination in 1806, on the Banks of the Hyphasis. London: T. Egerton, 1818. First edition, 4to (26.1 x 20.5cm), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, xvi 527 pp., half-title, engraved folding map frontispiece with routes hand-coloured, 6 engraved battle plans with dispositions hand-coloured, one further engraved map, small chip to spine-label, corners worn, maps and plans offset
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
John Bebb (large engraved armorial bookplate, motto ‘Praemium virtutis honos’), possibly the East India Company director; Spratt family (later bookplate).
Footnote
An account of the Second Anglo-Maratha War, including an account and plan of the Battle of Assaye, the Duke of Wellington's first major victory.