Author: [Orme, Robert].
Title: A HISTORY OF THE MILITARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH NATION IN INDOSTAN, From the Year MDCCXLV. To Which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan. Volume 1 [Only of 2 vols. in 3].
Description: London: Printed for John Nourse ..., 1773. 2nd Ed. Corrected by the Author. 4to. [iv] + 420pp. + [ii]. 10 maps and plans including 7 folding. Light browning, pp.415 onwards with minor worming to tail of leaves, ownership signature to front f.e.p., contemporary calf boards, blind ruling to edges of boards, some marking and wear to boards, some professional restoration to corners, rebacked in modern gilt ruled calf with gilt lettered label to spine. ¶ ESTC T204681. Robert Orme (1728–1801) British historian of India. Son of a British East India Company physician and surgeon, he entered the service of the Company in Bengal in 1743. He was regarded as an authority on India.

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