An Appeal to England Against the New Indian Stamp Act;

£125 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Pamphlet criticising the raising of a Stamp tax on the city of Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1828. The Company was on its last legs, and in an attempt to rectify their deficit turned to increasingly overbearing measures. First edition; 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm); ownership inscription to half-title, disbound with remains to spine, last leaf a little soiled; xvi, 141, [3] pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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