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Frederick Charles Danvers; William Foster - Letters Received by the East India Company

Title: Letters Received by the East India Company
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Company Limited, 1896-97. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work collecting two hundred and fifty letters which had been sent to the East India Company. The first edition.Very scarce.Volumes I and II of a total of six volumes.This work presents letters received by the East India Company, Volume I covering 1602 to 1613, Volume II 1613 to 1615. The hundred of letters in these two volumes depict the founding and early years of the Company, with insight into their dealings with Japan and India. Including letters by Captain Keeling, John Hearne, Lawrence Femell, Nicholas Downton, Sir Henry Middleton, William Pemberton, John Jourdain, William Eaton, Richard Cocks, and more. Introduction by Frederick Charles Danvers to Volume I, an introduction by William Foster to Volume II. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Marks to the boards and spines. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Spines are faded. Front hinge of Volume II is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Letters Received by the East India Company east india company british empire Frederick Charles Danvers east india company india None

Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 955P2

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