Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809,

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

with 10 hand-coloured aquatints Broughton was Commander of the Resident's Escort at the Court of Scindia. His march commenced in Agra and took in the Siege of Doonee and ended at Ajmeer. The work includes a detailed description of a Mahratta camp, a wedding ceremony etc. First edition; 4to (27.5 x 22 cm); 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, touch of offsetting from plates, bound without half-title; contemporary speckled calf, spine in six flat gilt compartments with gilt red morocco lettering piece, gilt borders and turn-ins to boards, all edges marbled, monogram of 'MD' under coronet to top spine compartment, a fine copy; [xvi], 358 pp. Abbey (Travel), 433; Bobins 225; Tooley 114.

• Binding: Hardcover

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