Sir William Wilson Hunter - Bengal Manuscript Records a Selected List of 14,136 Letters

London, W. H. Allen & Co, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The four volume first edition set of this very scarce historical work on land rights in Bengal during the eighteenth century, with an extensive list of letters addressed to the board of revenue in Calcutta. The first edition.A complete four volume set, very scarce to see in a complete set.This work was written by Sir William Wilson Hunter, and provides a record of letters addressed to the Board of Revenue in Calcutta from 1782-1807, providing a history of revenue, housing, land ownership, and more during the eighteenth century. The work also contains a dissertation on the history of land rights and property.In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, damp staining to the extremities of the boards, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Front hinge starting to the front of 'Vol I', with slight tidemarks to the endpapers. Internally, light spotting to the front and rear, otherwise clean. Pages generally bright. Many pages unopened. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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