Eighteen Views taken at & Near Rangoon. Bound with Six Plates Illustrative of the Combined Operations in Birman Empire

by Lieutenant Joseph Moore, Captain Frederick Marryat

$9,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Bound without title or text. Half near period morocco over printed cloth boards lettered 'Illustrations of the Burmese War' An important and beautiful visual record of the Burmese countryside and scenery, and of the war between the Burmese and British in 1824 to 1826. Following Burmese incursions into the British held territory in 1821-1823 including the successful invasion of Assam, the Governor-General, Lord Amherst, declared war on Burma on February 24,

• Binding: Leather

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