| Search Antiqbook |
Ask a question or
Order this book
Browse our books
Search our books
Book dealer info
BOLTS, WILLIAM. Etat civil, politique et commercant, du Bengale; ou, histoire des conquetes & de l'administration de la compagnie Angloise dans ce pays… [Translated by J.N. Demeunier.]
The Hague, Gosse, fils, 1775. First edition in French, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, large folding map of Bengal, full contemporary calf gilt, previous owner's embossed stamps and rubberstamps on half-titles; very good copy. Bolts was a Dutch adventurer who entered the Bengal civil service and who got into trouble for private trading in the name of the East India Company. After being deported to England in 1768 he published this attack on the government in Bengal, in a series of arguments questioning the wisdom of the East India Company's management of Indian commerce. Cox I, p. 298; James Ford Bell Library, B-303; Kress 7076.
Offered for US$ 562.50 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 2834