Forster (George) A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, 1798

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Forster (George) A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lacking half-title in vol.1 but present in vol.2, folding engraved map, foxing, heavier in parts, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, corners a little worn, old tape marks to boards from old reinforcements to spine, rebacked, 4to, R.Faulder, 1798. *** George Forster (c.1750 -91) was a civil servant in the East India Company stationed in Madras who had published Sketches of the Mythology and Customs of the Hindoos in 1785. In 1782 he returned to England overland describing Kashmir in detail and becoming the first Briton to travel from India through Central Asia to Russia.

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