Author: Sir Eyre Coote
Title: A Letter from Certain Gentlemen of the Council at Bengal, to the Honourable the Secret Committee for Affairs of the Honourable United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East-Indies
Description: London, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1764 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Sir Coote Eyre's vanishingly scarce discussion of trade in Bengal and in the East Indies in the eighteenth century. A very scarce first edition.The work of Sir Eyre Coote - an Anglo-Irish military officer and politician - and a number of his associates, P. Amyatt, John Carnac, W. Ellis, S. Batson and H. Verelst.Coote was given the command of the British East India Company's forces in Bengal, and settled a serious dispute between the Nawab Mir Qasim and a powerful subordinate.This letter discusses these events, and is focussed upon trade in the region. Rebound in cloth backed paper covered boards.ESTC T37866Coote was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur, meaning Coote the Brave. Rebound in cloth backed paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small split in cloth to tail of front joint. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Small loss to tail of a rear endpaper. Internally, binding strained. Pages significantly age toned, with spotting throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: East India Company bengal india bengal None


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