A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun;

£12,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The first Indian printed account of the Third Anglo-Mysore War, and the first printed eye-witness account alongside that of the much shorter and more common Dirom. As well as covering all parts of the Third Anglo-Mysore War, Mackenzie gives an exhaustive account of the British siege of Bengaluru, including details as to what the city looked and felt like. It contains much history of Bengaluru, and the conflicts in the Carnatic, and conveys the character and actions of Tipu Sultan. The extensive appendices contain the many treaties signed between the various Indian states and Maharajahs and the East India Company, and key correspondence and reports. Despite the considerable subscriber's list, copies were clearly left over and imported into London. There are known copies with import leaves dated both 1794 and 1799, during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. First edition; 2 vols, 4to (27.5 x 22 cm); loss of corner to second leaf of subscriber's list, not affecting text; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked with later calf and gilt black morocco lettering pieces, boards rubbed, a very good copy; xxvi, 232, 148; [iv], xii, 238, 64, xi pp. Shaw 228 254.

• Binding: Hardcover

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