Sketches in Afghaunistan

by James Atkinson

$27,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Rare deluxe edition of the series of views of Afghanistan, issued in response to Sir George Pollock's expedition of 1842. This copy accompanied by the rare text volume. James Atkinson, an accomplished scholar, spent over forty-two years in India. In 1838 he was appointed superintending surgeon to the army of the Indus, and accompanied it on its march to Kabul; but was relieved in the ordinary course of routine shortly after the surrender of Dost Mohammad, and, returning to

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