Lot 98
'An Officer in the Service of the Honourable East India Company'
Origin of the Pindaries
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
preceded by Historical Notices on the Rise of the Different Mahratta States. London: John Murray, 1818. First edition, 8vo (21.2 x 13.2cm), modern red quarter morocco retaining earlier spine label, [2] ii 172 pp., spotting;
[Mackworth, Sir Digby]. Diary of a Tour through Southern India, Egypt, and Palestine, in the Years 1821 and 1822. By a Field Officer of Cavalry. London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1823. First edition, 8vo (20.9 x 12.2cm), contemporary blue half roan, viii 372 pp., half-title, 2 engraved folding maps, 2 lithographic plates, loss to head of spine, ownership inscription and strip of tape residue to front free endpaper;
[Deane, Ann]. A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan; comprising a Period between the Years 1804 and 1814 … To which is annexed, a Guide up the River Ganges. London: for C. & J. Rivington, 1823. First edition, 8vo (21.5 x 12.8cm), contemporary diced tan calf, spine relaid and labels renewed, xii 291 pp., engraved folding map, ink-stamps of St Joseph's College, Mill Hill to initial blank and pp. 33, 19th-century ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, initial blank and title-page;
and 13 others, 19th- and early-20th-century works on India, leather-bound (16)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA