A Short Narrative of the Circumstances Attending the Late Trials in the Supreme Court

£175 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Scarce pamphlet revealing the specific crime of forging specific bonds on the Nawab of the Carnatic's debts, which were rumoured to soon be restructured and liquidated by the East-India Company. Only 7 copies in UK institutions (BL, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Cambridge UCL, Sheffield). First edition; 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm); modern quarter red morocco, gilt rolled red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red, a fine copy; [ii], ii, 98, [ii, ads.] pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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