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£125 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Interesting tract defending the continued governance of India by the East-India Company and the belief that a small body of professionals was better suited to managing the intricate affairs of India more readily than appointed politicians. Thomas Campbell Robertson (1789-1863) spent his entire career in India and Burma. He was a Judge at the Bengal Presidency, District Magistrate in Chittagong, British Political Officer of Arakan in Burma, Civil Commissioner in Pegu and Ava when the Treaty of Yandaboo was signed, Agent to the Governor General on the North East Frontier Agency, President of the council of India Deputy Governor of Bengal, even provisionally being Governor-General in acting capacity. 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; iv, 95 pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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